{"product_id":"9781035069491","title":"Classic Summer Stories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Becky Brown\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHolidays \u0026amp; seasonal interest\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan Collector's Library) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e158 x 106 x 21 | 196g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoats, beaches, magic, mysteries and more abound in this sun-drenched collection of summer stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo strangers embark on a feverish, dreamlike encounter abroad in Algernon Blackwood’s ‘The Olive’. A man impulsively meets his first love in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘Between Two Planes’. Willa Cather writes of sunset island explorations, and Virginia Woolf depicts the all-too-familiar drowsy garden nap. Yet summer idylls can be shattered: there’s a deadly fishing quarrel from Guy de Maupassant, a touch of malevolent fairy magic from Selma Lagerlöf and, of course, Sherlock Holmes finds himself under pressure to solve an unsettling murder on the Cornish coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom light humour to deep nostalgia, Italian resorts to rural Russia, each of these tales will transport you somewhere new. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, these pocket-sized editions are perfect for travel. This edition is compiled and introduced by anthologist Becky Brown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57062694257015,"sku":"9781035069491","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781035069491.jpg?v=1777649088","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781035069491","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}