The man of the world Frank O'Connor -- Lance Vladimir Nabokov -- The golden west Daniel Fuchs -- Just a little more V.S. Pritchett -- Raise the roof beam, carpenters J.D. Salinger -- Bernadette Mavis Gallant -- The bell of charity Calvin Kentfield -- Chopin Natcha Stewart -- Immortality Robert Henderson -- The happiest I've been John Updike -- The French scarecrow William Maxwell -- The code Richard T. Gill -- What you hear from 'em? Peter Taylor -- Sentimental education Harold Brodkey -- Death of a favorite J.F. Powers -- In a café Mary Lavin -- Defender of the faith Philip Roth -- In the village Elizabeth Bishop -- A father-to-be Saul Bellow -- Three players of a summer game Tennessee Williams -- Can't you get me out of here? Julia Strachley -- Ask me no questions Mary McCarthy -- A game of catch Richard Wilbur -- Elegant economy Edith Templeton -- First dark Elizabeth Spencer -- Wedding at Rociada Oliver LaFarge -- Côte d'Azur Roger Angell -- The white wild bronco Benedict Keily -- The champion of the world Roald Dahl -- Terror and grief Niccolò Tucci -- The parson Penelope Mortimer -- I live on your visits Dorothy Parker -- The rose, the mauve, the white Elizabeth Taylor -- Reason not the need Walter Stone -- The stream Arturo Vivante -- The interview R. Prawer Jhabval -- The zoo Jean Stafford -- The rose garden Maeve Brennan -- The bubble Nancy Hale -- More friend than lodger Angus Wilson -- Return Robert M. Coates -- The children's grandmother Sylvia Townsend Warner -- Six feet of the country Nadine Gordimer -- Kin Eudora Welty -- The classless society Elizabeth Hardwick -- First marriage St. Clair McKelway -- The country husband John Cheever.