Women and Children First (Classic Reprint)

Children's Books

Sally Benson

Literature & Fiction

Forgotten Books

Junior Miss

Dramas & Plays

DOUBLEDAY

Simon Pulse

Summer Magic

James Neilson

Walt Disney Home Video

When Sally Benson wrote "Meet Me In St. Louis" in 1941, Europe and Asia were embroiled in a war into which the United States of America would soon be drawn. Her delightful story took readers back to a simpler place and time: St. Louis and the Smith family on the eve of the 1904 World's Fair. The novel's appealing characters and nostalgic theme proved just what the country needed in uncertain times. Her screenplay of the same name would become one of the best-loved movies of its era. 
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic World's Fair, St. Louis County Library proudly offers this reprinting of Sally Benson's classic novel. The narrative revolves around the Smiths and, in particular, three of the family's daughters: Rose, Esther, and 6-year-old Tootie, who is based on Sally herself. We invite you to visit the St. Louis of another era and enjoy this charming story once again.

Meet Me In St. Louis, Limited Anniversary Edition

Virginia Publishing

There are thirty stories, spanning nearly a century (from 1896–1984). Twelve are taken from the twelve volumes of stories we have published over the last few years; nine were previously published in our quarterly (later biannually) magazine during the last decade; and nine have been selected especially for this collection. They are presented in the order they were written. A quarter are by North American women writers.\nIn dull brown / Evelyn Sharp (1896) -- The bedquilt / Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1906) -- Her first ball / Katherine Mansfield (1921) -- The other wife / Colette (1924) -- The casualty list / Winifred Holtby (1932) -- Thunder shower / Malachi Whitaker (1933) -- The exile / Joanna Cannan (1939) -- Safety zone / Dorothy van Doren (1939) -- After tea / Dorothy Whipple (1941) -- Monsieur Rose / Irène Nèmirovsky (1941) -- Going home / Sally Benson (1942) -- Frowning Caryatid / Lettice Cooper (1942) -- Miss Anstruther's letters / Rose Macaulay (1942) -- The house at hove / Diana Gardner (1944) -- Year of decision / Mollie Panter-Downes (1944) -- We have to sit opposite / Ethel Wilson (1945) -- The little willow / Frances Towers (1947) -- Monkey-barges / Emma Smith (1947) -- The blessing that must be earned / Freda Aykroyd (1947) -- The professor's daughter / Margaret Bonham (1948) -- The prisoner / Elizabeth Berridge (1948) -- Beside the still waters / Mollie-Panter Downes (1948) -- To open a door / Kathleen Warren (1951) -- The proof / Mary Rickwood (1954) -- The green heart / Jane McClure (1955) -- No laughing matter / Diana Athill (1961) -- Sunday morning / Dorothy Whipple (1961) -- For good / Alice Adams (1977) -- Accidents / Carol Shields (1983) -- Gilbert / Rosamunde Pilcher (1984).

The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Irène Némirovsky

Dorothy Whipple

ROSE MACAULAY

Mollie Panter-Downes

Katherine Mansfield

Winifred Holtby

Lettice, Cooper

Malachi WHITAKER

Evelyn Sharp

Joanna Cannan

Dorothy Van Doren

Diana Gardner

Colette Gauthier-Villars

Short Stories & Anthologies

Persephone Books Ltd.

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