Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger

Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger

Lee Smith is a "teller of tales for tale tellers to admire and envy . . . [and] a reader’s dream" (<i>Houston Chronicle</i>). A celebrated and bestselling writer with a dozen novels under her name, including <i>Fair and Tender Ladies</i>, <i>Oral History</i>, and<i> The Last Girls</i>, she is just as widely recognized for her exceptional short stories. Here, in <i>Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger</i>, Smith collects seven brand-new stories along with seven of her favorites from three earlier collections. The result? A book of dazzling richness. As the <i>New York Times Book Review</i> put it, "In al- most every one of [her stories] there is a moment of vision, or love, or unclothed wonder that transforms something plain into something transcendent."<br>