Complete Collected Stories of V. S. Pritchett Summary
V. S. Pritchett

Everything you need to understand or teach Complete Collected Stories of V. S. Pritchett by V. S. Pritchett.

  • Complete Collected Stories of V. S. Pritchett Summary & Study Guide

Complete Collected Stories of V. S. Pritchett Summary

Love and sex stand as major Pritchett themes, principally because they encourage him to focus upon human involvements that by their very nature arise from and relate to social and psychological conflicts. In "The Diver" (from The Camberwell Beauty and Other Stories, 1974, and first published as in the New Yorker as "The Fall" ), a young Englishman undergoes an initiation into love. Mocked by a middle-aged French woman lying naked on her bed, he...

(read more from the Short Guide)

Study Pack

The Complete Collected Stories of V. S. Pritchett Study Pack contains:

Complete Collected Stories of V. S. Pritchett Short Guide