First Love and Other Sorrows
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Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by Harold Brodkey
Harold Brodkey
Harold Brodkey, born Aaron Roy Weintraub was an American writer, and novelist.-Life:Brodkey was raised in University City, Missouri outside St. Louis...
, first published in 1958. Ten of its eleven stories were originally printed in The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
and "Trio for Three Gentle Voices" in Mademoiselle
Mademoiselle (magazine)
Mademoiselle was an influential women's magazine first published in 1935 by Street and Smith and later acquired by Condé Nast Publications....
. The compilation was the first book Brodkey published, and is often considered his best.
Stories
- "The State of Grace"
- "First Love and Other Sorrows"
- "The Quarrel"
- "Sentimental Education"
- "Laurie Dressing"
- "Laura"
- "Trio for Three Gentle Voices"
- "Piping Down the Valleys Wild"
- "The Dark Woman of the Sonnets"