Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates | ||
Author's Note | ||
The Innocents Abroad | ||
Maggie Meriwether's Rich Experience | ||
The Children's Game | ||
The Echo and the Nemesis | ||
The Maiden | ||
A Modest Proposal | ||
Caveat Emptor | ||
The Bostonians, and Other Manifestations of the American Scene | ||
Life Is No Abyss | ||
The Hope Chest | ||
Polite Conversation | ||
A Country Love Story | ||
The Bleeding Heart | ||
The Lippia Lawn | ||
The Interior Castle | ||
Cowboys and Indians, and Magic Mountains | ||
The Healthiest Girl in Town | ||
The Tea Time of Stouthearted Ladies | ||
The Mountain Day | ||
The Darkening Moon | ||
Bad Characters | ||
In the Zoo | ||
The Liberation | ||
A Reading Problem | ||
A Summer Day | ||
The Philosophy Lesson | ||
Manhattan Island | ||
Children Are Bored on Sunday | ||
Beatrice Trueblood's Story | ||
Between the Porch and the Altar | ||
I Love Someone | ||
Cops and Robbers | ||
The Captain's Gift | ||
The End of a Career | ||
An Influx of Poets |