TEN WOMEN TEN STORIES

This selection of ten short stories about women by modern writers(James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, Roald Dahl, James Thurber, EdnaO’Brien, Anne Cassidy, Malachi Whitaker and Janet Frame) from differentEnglish-speaking countries – England, Ireland, America and New Zealand –explores such themes as love’s dilemma, loneliness, crime, myths andnostalgia. Dictionary work, the role of the narrator, setting, storyand plots, speech modes and characterisation are all featured in theanalysis sections of each story.