The Mortgaged Heart

Selected Writings

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Romance
Cover of the book The Mortgaged Heart by Carson McCullers, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Author: Carson McCullers ISBN: 9780547346830
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication: April 5, 2005
Imprint: Mariner Books Language: English
Author: Carson McCullers
ISBN: 9780547346830
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication: April 5, 2005
Imprint: Mariner Books
Language: English

“Essential reading for any serious beginning writer . . . illuminating.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Carson McCullers is renowned for her Southern Gothic fiction and for such modern classics as The Member of the Wedding. This collection includes an assortment of her earliest work, written mostly before she was nineteen.

Included are stories, essays, articles, poems, and writing about writing—including the working outline of “The Mute,” which would become her bestselling novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter—as well as an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. As new generations continue to discover the work of Carson McCullers, this volume provides both an enjoyable read and an inspiring look at the beginning of a brilliant literary career.

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“Essential reading for any serious beginning writer . . . illuminating.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Carson McCullers is renowned for her Southern Gothic fiction and for such modern classics as The Member of the Wedding. This collection includes an assortment of her earliest work, written mostly before she was nineteen.

Included are stories, essays, articles, poems, and writing about writing—including the working outline of “The Mute,” which would become her bestselling novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter—as well as an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. As new generations continue to discover the work of Carson McCullers, this volume provides both an enjoyable read and an inspiring look at the beginning of a brilliant literary career.

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