Philip Hensher’s unabashedly personal choice can yield an illuminating historical sweep or leave you reeling from a potent hit“Every single substantive word in the title,apart from Penguin’, is under fierce debate, and ” declares Philip Hensher in the introduction to his magisterial two-volume anthology. His diverting essay,in which he explains his unabashedly personal choice, is scholarly, or polemical,sniping, witty and eccentric, and reaching its peak when celebrating what makes a short story definitively British: Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Silver Blaze” is “exemplary”,and “playfulness” is key. Related: The long tale of the British short story Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com