The Uncommon Reader

by Alice S. Morris (editor)

It is time for a fresh collection of modern short stories. These 35 stories written by distinguished authors from 14 countries were published under Alice Morris' fiction editorship at Harper's Bazaar over the last twelve years.

The introductory essay was written by the dean of England's literary critics. V.S. Pritchett, and the collection includes stories by John Steinbeck, Dylan Thomas, Terry Southern, Frank O'Connor, Isak Dinesen, Eugene Ionesco and Graham Greene.

Genres: Short Stories

416 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1965

Reviews

[Theresa]

These stories were all so strangely bland. If this book was my introduction to these authors, I'd likely never bother to look further into their work.

There are excellent writers in here, but it felt like most of these would be compulsory reading for a college assignment then discarded from memory forever.

[James Roberts moved to StoryGraph.]

A tedious collection of tedious stories with admittedly a few gems but those are far between.

[M]

A delightful humorous novel that portrays Queen Elizabeth II as one who becomes, late in her life, a voracious reader. She spots a mobile library (bookmobile) in the palace's kitchen yard. Curious, she visits it, borrows a book, then anoth, and another. If you like Mrs Queen Takes the Train you will enjoy The Uncommon Reader. (Personally, I prefer Mrs Queen).