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Franklin Library leather edition of "The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford," a Limited edition, Illustrated by Barron Storey, one of the PULITZER PRIZE series, published in 1979. Bound in brown leather, the book has orange moire silk end leaves, satin book marker, hubbed spine, acid-free paper, gold gilt on three edges---in FINE condition. Jean Stafford, who lived from 1915 – 1979, was an American short story writer and novelist. She won the PULITZER PRIZE in 1970. She was born in Covina, California, and attended Stafford University and the University of Colorado---Boulder. She also won a one-year fellowship to study philology at the University of Heidelberg from 1936 to 1937. Her first novel, " Boston Adventure ," was a best-seller, earning her national acclaim. Her works were published in THE NEW YORKER magazine and she won first place in the O. Henry Awards for her story " In the Zoo ."----included in this collection! Stafford's personal life was often marked by unhappiness. She was married three times. Her first marriage , to the brilliant but mentally unstable poet ROBERT LOWELL , left her with lingering emotional and physical scars. She was seriously injured in an automobile accident with Lowell at the wheel, a trauma she described in one of her best-known stories, "The Interior Castle," and the disfigurement she suffered as a result was a turning point in her life. She later married Oliver Jensen and a third husband, A.J. Liebling, a prominent writer for The NEW YORKER. For many years Stafford suffered from alcoholism, depression and pulmonary disease. Stories include selections from "The Innocents Abroad," "The Bostonian, and Other Manifestations of the American Scene," "Cowboys and Indians and Magic Mountains," and "Manhattan Island." 414 pages. I offer Combined shipping.