Cover -- Copyright and Licence -- Title Page -- Contents -- The Author -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Texts -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Early Realist Stories -- 1.2 Modernist Tales -- 1.3 Late Fables and Satires -- Chapter 2: Reading the Short Stories -- 2.1 'Odour of Chrysanthemums' -- 2.2. 'Daughters of the Vicar' -- 2.3. 'Love Among the Haystacks' -- 2.4. 'The Prussian Officer' -- 2.5 'England, My England' -- 2.6 'The Horse-Dealer's Daughter' -- 2.7 'The Blind Man' -- 2.8. 'The Rocking-Horse Winner' -- 2.9 'The Man Who Loved Islands' -- 2.10 'Things' -- Chapter 3: Some Stylistic Features of the Short Stories -- 3.1 Dialogue -- 3.2 Symbolism -- 3.3 Free Indirect Discourse -- 3.4 Mimicry and Satire -- Select Bibliography -- Hyperlinked Materials.