My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead

Description:

A collection of love story excerpts from classic literary works, culled by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex, includes selections by such writers as Alice Munro, William Faulkner, and Milan Kundera, in a volume published to benefit the McSweeney literacy project 826 Chicago.

subjects: Love stories,  Romance fiction,  Liebesgeschichte,  Short stories,  tradition,  change,  death,  allegory,  nonlinear narrative,  gentleman's agreements,  recluses,  Mentally ill women,  Fiction,  20th century English fiction,  christian,  christian fiction,  Christmas,  Christmas fiction,  Christmas stories,  Criticism and interpretation,  Daily Express,  Domestic fiction,  English fiction,  family life,  Family reunions,  Irish literature,  Stories (texts),  The Lass of Aughrim,  Three Graces,  West Britons

People: Emily Grierson,  Homer Barron,  Mr. Grierson,  Tobe,  Colonel Sartoris,  Gabriel Conroy,  Kate Morkan,  Julia Morkan,  Mary Jane Morkan,  Lily,  Gretta Conroy,  Molly Ivors,  Mr Browne,  Freddy Malins,  Mrs Malins,  Bartell D'Arcy,  Patrick Morkan,  Michael Furey

Places: Jefferson,  Mississippi,  Yoknapatawpha County,  Ireland,  Galway

Times: Antebellum era