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Collected Short Stories (The Coward collection)

Collected Short Stories (The Coward collection)

by Coward (Author), Noel Coward (Author), Noal Coward (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $29.17
Synopsis

This one-volume edition contains the complete collection of Coward's twenty short stories, spanning fifty years of his working life. Written with Coward's inimitable poise and wit, the stories variously describe back-stage intrigues, Hollywood champagne breakfasts, suburban romances and gossip round the captain's table. He reveals himself as a consummate prose stylist demonstrating why, for all his success in virtually every other field of entertainment, he returned again and again to the short story.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 644
 Publisher: Berg 3PL
Published: 14 Aug 2007
ISBN 10: 0413599701
ISBN 13: 9780413599704
Book Overview: 'A wonderful bedside companion, Coward's short stories show another facet of the man known primarily as a playwright.' City Limits 'He is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history.' Terence Rattigan This one-volume edition contains the complete collection of Coward's twenty short stories, spanning fifty years of his working life. Coward's plays are regularly revived and are particularly popular with amateur dramatic groups. Noel Coward invented the concept of celebrity and his life and work is still celebrated today.

Author Bio
Noel Coward was born in Teddington, Middlesex, on 16 December 1899. His professional acting career began in 1911 and his writing career in 1918, and in the '50s he became a cabaret entertainer. In later years he lived in Bermuda and Switzerland, where he turned novelist. He was knighted in 1970, and died in Jamaica in 1973.