Points of View: Revised EditionSince its original publication in 1966, this volume has attained classic status. Now its contents have been updated and its cultural framework enlarged by the orginal editors. Many of the 44 stories come from a new writing generation with a contemporary consciousness, and this brilliant blending of masters of the past and the brightest talents of the present achieves the goal of making a great collection even greater. |
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Page 37
... never forget them . I thought tonight , when I looked at my lady , " Now , if only the pansies was there no one could tell the difference . " ... Only the last year , madam . Only after she'd got a little - well - feeble as you might ...
... never forget them . I thought tonight , when I looked at my lady , " Now , if only the pansies was there no one could tell the difference . " ... Only the last year , madam . Only after she'd got a little - well - feeble as you might ...
Page 50
... never ask me about the other car . But I know he doesn't believe there was another car . I don't have to answer that . I resent that . I have never been suicidal . I believe in God . Yes , but I don't think about Him . I wouldn't know ...
... never ask me about the other car . But I know he doesn't believe there was another car . I don't have to answer that . I resent that . I have never been suicidal . I believe in God . Yes , but I don't think about Him . I wouldn't know ...
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... never have called him . She should know by now that over is over , that when it says The End at the end of a book it means there isn't any more ; which she can never quite believe . The problem is that she's invested so much suffering ...
... never have called him . She should know by now that over is over , that when it says The End at the end of a book it means there isn't any more ; which she can never quite believe . The problem is that she's invested so much suffering ...
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