First Love and Other Sorrows


First Love and Other Sorrows is a collection of short stories by Harold Brodkey, first published in 1958. Eight of its nine stories were originally printed in The New Yorker and the other, "Trio for Three Gentle Voices", in Mademoiselle.[1] The compilation was the first book Brodkey published.[citation needed]

First edition cover (publ. Dial Press)

Stories edit

  • "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"

References edit

  1. ^ Hill, Bob (January 16, 1958). "Looking At Books". Spokane Chronicle. p. 17. Retrieved April 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.