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Issue Details: First known date: 1963... 1963 Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories
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Notes

  • Nine of the stories in this collection appeared originally in The New Yorker.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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London,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Penguin , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Party, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 3-15)
A Place in the Country, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 16-61)
Vittorio, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 62-82)
In One's Own House, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 83-106)
Villa Adriana, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 107-115)
Cliffs of Fall, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 116-139)
Weekend, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 140-151)
Harold, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 152-165)
The Picnic, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 166-176)
The Worst Moment of the Day, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 177-192)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      Knopf ,
      1963 .
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Macmillan ,
      1963 .
      Extent: vii, 208 p.p.
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Penguin ,
      1988 .
      Extent: 192p.
      Edition info: King Penguin
      ISBN: 0140104496

Works about this Work

Discontinuous Narrative and Aspects of Love in Shirley Hazzard's Short Stories K. M. Twidale , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 26 no. 1 1991; (p. 101-116)
Shirley Hazzard : Glimpses of Paradise Horst Priessnitz , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: International Literature in English : Essays on the Major Writers 1991; (p. 335-350)
The Novel as "Work in Progress": Shirley Hazzard's "The Transit of Venus" Anna Grazia Mattei , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 15 no. 2 1991; (p. 117-127)
Untitled Tim Dunn , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Winter no. 39 1990; (p. 31)

— Review of Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories Shirley Hazzard , 1963 selected work short story
Alienation and Displacement in the First Person : Some Recent Australian Short Fiction Charlotte Clutterbuck , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 50 no. 1 1990; (p. 123-127)

— Review of The Glass Whittler and Other Stories Stephanie Johnson , 1988 selected work short story ; Tales of the Open (Secret) : A Novel in Short Stories Bob Jones , 1988 single work novel ; The Shipwreck Party Liam Davison , 1989 selected work short story ; Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories Shirley Hazzard , 1963 selected work short story ; Death of a Ladies' Man and Other Stories James McQueen , 1989 selected work short story
Keyholes Marea Wolkowsky , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 March vol. 86 no. 4386 1964; (p. 47-48)

— Review of Light and Shadow Herz Bergner , Alec Braizblatt (translator), 1963 single work novel ; Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories Shirley Hazzard , 1963 selected work short story
Alienation and Displacement in the First Person : Some Recent Australian Short Fiction Charlotte Clutterbuck , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 50 no. 1 1990; (p. 123-127)

— Review of The Glass Whittler and Other Stories Stephanie Johnson , 1988 selected work short story ; Tales of the Open (Secret) : A Novel in Short Stories Bob Jones , 1988 single work novel ; The Shipwreck Party Liam Davison , 1989 selected work short story ; Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories Shirley Hazzard , 1963 selected work short story ; Death of a Ladies' Man and Other Stories James McQueen , 1989 selected work short story
New Paperbacks Robin Lucas , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 July 1989; (p. 79)

— Review of The Dark Gateway Martin Long , 1987 single work novel ; Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989 anthology correspondence biography prose autobiography short story ; Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories Shirley Hazzard , 1963 selected work short story
Gentle Tact Brings Forth Eloquence 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 15-16 July 1989; (p. 10)

— Review of Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories Shirley Hazzard , 1963 selected work short story
Untitled Tim Dunn , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Winter no. 39 1990; (p. 31)

— Review of Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories Shirley Hazzard , 1963 selected work short story
Discontinuous Narrative and Aspects of Love in Shirley Hazzard's Short Stories K. M. Twidale , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 26 no. 1 1991; (p. 101-116)
The Novel as "Work in Progress": Shirley Hazzard's "The Transit of Venus" Anna Grazia Mattei , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 15 no. 2 1991; (p. 117-127)
Shirley Hazzard : Glimpses of Paradise Horst Priessnitz , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: International Literature in English : Essays on the Major Writers 1991; (p. 335-350)
Patterns and Preoccupations of Love : The Novels of Shirley Hazzard John Colmer , 1970 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Summer vol. 29 no. 4 1970; (p. 461-467)
y separately published work icon Romantic Ideas in the Fiction of Shirley Hazzard Dennis Howard Danvers , Arlington : 1984 Z989167 1984 single work thesis Author's abstract: Throughout her fiction, Shirley Hazzard asserts the importance of the individual life animated by passion instead of controlled by reason. A devotion to reason in her characters is often shown to be either a devotion to conformity or to power. The virtuous character in her work will quietly assert his own humanity without mindless obedience to the group and without the desire to dominate others. The power of love often serves to free her characters, at least for a time, from the control of reasonable conformity. Love is an occasion for both self-discovery and discovery of the richness of life, even though love cannot control life any more than reason can. The lives of Hazzard's characters may not be measured by their successes or failures, for her most admirable characters often suffer the worst fates, but by the integrity and humanity they maintain throughout their lives in spite of circumstances.
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