The new addition to the Permanent Library
Creat American Short Novels
Edited with an introduction
by
WILLIAM PHILLIPS
In keeping with the tradition of the Permanent Library, this
new volume brings together the best and most important short
novels in the history of American literature, illuminated with a
critical introduction by William Phillips, which relates them
to
American writing and to American life as a whole.
The eight complete novels are:
HERMAN MELVILLE: Benito Cereno
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD:
STEPHEN CRANE: Maggie
The Great Gatsby
HENRY JAMES: Washington Square
EDITH WHARTON: False Dawn
GERTRUDE STEIN: Melanctha
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER:
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
GLENWAY WESCOTT:
Passage From Home
by
ISAAC ROSENFELD
The Pilgrim Hawk
$4.00
A first novel by a frequent contributor to
Partisan Review
PASSAGE FROM HoME is a unique description of the growth
into full consciousness and early maturity of a young Chicago
boy. The process
is
seen inwardly, but drawn against a rich
background of character and conflict.
342 PAGES
$2.50
Other Permanent Library successes:
The Short Novels of Dostoevsky
With an introduction and critical estimate by
THOMAS
MANN.
840 PAGES
$4.00
The Short Novels of Henry James
With an introduction by
PHILIP RA.Hv
801 PAGES
THE DIAL PRESS
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$4.00
NEW YORK
