SOURCE: In his The Short Story, Devin-Adair Co., 1951, 370 p.
In the following excerpt from his acclaimed critical study of the short story genre first published in 1948, O'Faolain gives a detailed evaluation and appreciation of Bowen's techniques of characterization, language, and construction in "Her Table Spread."
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