This is one of a series of literary anthologies edited by Reginald Moore and published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. in London during the 1940s. Intended for the general reader and for educational use, the volume brings together a carefully chosen selection of short stories, essays and other prose.
Compact and accessible, the anthology offered readers an engaging introduction to modern literature.
Today, the Modern Reading series provides an appealing snapshot of mid-twentieth-century publishing and reading culture, making it of interest to collectors of literary anthologies.
This volume, a first-edition, was published in 1944. It ncludes pieces by Eudora Welty, Conrad Aiken and Henry Miller, along with an article by Diarmuid Russell on AE.
Little or no wear-and-tear. The book is aged-toned, but in good condition with binding intact.
