Lee Smith is a "teller of tales for tale tellers to admire and envy . . . [and] a reader's dream" ( Houston Chronicle ). A celebrated and bestselling writer with a dozen novels under her name, including Fair and Tender Ladies , Oral History , and The Last Girls , she is just as widely recognized for her exceptional short stories. Here, in Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger , Smith collects seven brand-new stories along with seven of her favorites...