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The Sixpenny Debt And Other Oxford Stories

by Jane Gordon-Cumming, Lorna, Pearson, Angela Cecil-Reid, Linora Lawrence, Gina Claye, Jane Stemp, Mary Cavanagh, Gillian Rathborne, Rosie Orr, Laura King, Sheila Costello

English Short storiesFictionSocial life and customsManners and customs

From thirteen talented Oxford writers, stories that sweep across town, gownand countryside. Featuring everything from love, lust, loss and death totortoise and Tchaikovsky, this collection of stories will delight andenthral all those who have a passion for Oxford. -"Education in Action" by Jane Gordon-Cumming. -"Cross Purposes" by Lorna Pearson. -"In the Wind is Right" by Angela Cecil-Reid. -"The Tortoises of Turl Steet" by Linora Lawrence. -"The Window" by Gina Claye. -"The Sixpenny Debt" by Jane Stemp. -"I Love You, Mr Chicken" by Mary Cavanagh. -"In Port Meadow" by Gillian Rathborne. -"A Night on the Town" by Rosie Orr. -"Vesti La Giubba" by Margaret Pelling. -"The Rising Price of Property" by Laura King. -"Wytham Woods at Twilight" by Sheila Costello. -"Word Games" by Mary Cavanagh. -"Walking Pace" by Margaret Pelling.

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Book data: Open Library