Contains seven short stories.

A collection of critical essays on McCullers' fictional work, The ballad of the sad cafe.

A Southern woman is undone by love and gossip in the classic novella, one of seven stories in this “brilliant…panorama of remarkable talent” (The New York Times). One of the most celebrated and enduringly popular works in Southern literature, this collection assembles Carson McCullers’s best stories, including her beloved novella

Presents an alphabetical reference guide detailing the lives and works of authors associated with Gothic literature.

THE STORY: Amelia, the proprietor of the Sad Cafe, throws her new husband out of their bedroom on their wedding night. Torn between anger and desire the husband finally leaves town only to return some years later to find Amelia showering all her af