The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford



The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford is a short story collection by Jean Stafford. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1970.

The Innocents Abroad

 * "Maggie Meriwether's Rich Experience"
 * "The Children's Game"
 * "The Echo and the Nemesis"
 * "The Maiden"
 * "A Modest Proposal"
 * "Caveat Emptor"

The Bostonians, and Other Manifestations of the American Scene

 * "Life is No Abyss"
 * "The Hope Chest"
 * "Polite Conversation"
 * "A Country Love Story"
 * "The Bleeding Heart"
 * "The Lippia Lawn"
 * "The Interior Castle"

Cowboys and Indians, and Magic Mountains

 * "The Healthiest Girl in Town"
 * "The Tea Time of the Stouthearted Ladies"
 * "The Mountain Day"
 * "The Darkening Moon"
 * "Bad Characters"
 * "In the Zoo"
 * "The Liberation"
 * "A Reading Problem"
 * "A Summer Day"
 * "The Philosophy Lesson"

Manhattan Island

 * "Children Are Bored on Sunday"
 * "Beatrice Trueblood's Story"
 * "Between the Porch and the Altar"
 * "I Love Someone"
 * "Cops and Robbers"
 * "The Captain's Gift"
 * "The End of a Career"