Jean Rhys is best known for the five novels she published during her lifetime:

(1929),

(1931),

(1934),

(1939), and

(1966). This corpus of her work has received much critical response, both in the context of European modernism and, more recently, in relation to postcolonial studies. Much less critical attention has been given to Rhys’s short fiction, even though she began her career as a writer with the publication of a collection of stories,

(1927), and published two further collections during her lifetime:

(1969) and

(1976).

has since gone out of print, and only a selection of its original stories was…

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Citation: Otto, Melanie. "The Collected Short Stories". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 October 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1244, accessed 26 April 2024.]