A Careless Widow and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by V. S. Pritchett published in 1989 by Random House. The six stories first appeared individually in literary periodicals [See below Stories]
Pritchett's last volume of original short fiction, A Careless Widow was published when he was eighty-eight. The collection received the ã10,000 WH Smith Literary Award in 1989.
Stories
- "A Trip to the Seaside" The Atlantic, February 1981.
- "Things"
- "A Careless Widow"
- "Cocky Olly" The New Yorker, July 24, 1988
- "A Change of Policy" The New Yorker, April 9, 1989
- "The Image Trade" Vanity Fair, July 1984
Reception
Characterizing the stories as "quiet and deceptively simple," New York Times critic Lorrie Moore writes:
Moore adds "Sir Victor's is a literature of deep humanityâÂÂa mature artist's extension of affection into unexpected corners, a lover's unflagging interest in life."
Footnotes
Sources
- Bayley, John. 1997. In Memoriam: V. S. Pritchett in V. S. Pritchett: The Pritchett Century. The Modern Library, New York. pp. xiii-xxi
- Bayley, John. 1997. In Memoriam: V. S. Pritchett. London Review of Books, April 24, 1997, volume 19 No.8 In Memoriam: V.S. Pritchett
- Moore, Lorrie. 1989. ORDINARY LIFE ALWAYS WENT TOO FAR. New York Times, October 22, 1989. ORDINARY LIFE ALWAYS WENT TOO FAR Accessed October 10, 2024.
- Pritchett, V. S.. 1989. A Careless Widow and Other Stories. Random House, New York.
- Stinson, John J. 1992. V. S. Pritchett: A Study of the Short Fiction. Twayne Publishers, New York. Gordon Weaver, General Editor.
- Treglown, Jeremy. 2004. V. S. Pritchett: A Working Life. Pimlico Random House, London. (paperback).