Penguins ISBN 0 14 00.3276 3 - Penguin Modern Stories 9

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First published in book form in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd 1971 ‘Our Wife’ copyright © V. S. Pritchett, 1969 ‘The Editor Regrets...’ copyright © V. S. Pritchett, 1971 ‘Soir de Fête’ and ‘The Expatriates’ copyright © Ruth Fainlight, 1971 ‘Something is Moving Just Under the Skin’ and ‘Breathing Trouble’ copyright © Frederick Busch, 1971 ‘The Fifty Minute Hour’ and ‘The Artist’ copyright © Mel Calman, 1971

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