And Five Were Foolish
1943 dustjacket
AuthorDornford Yates
GenreNovel
PublisherWard Lock & Co[1]
Publication date
1924[1]
Media typePrint
Pages311[1]

And Five Were Foolish is a 1924 collection of short stories by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), first published in The Windsor Magazine.[2] The title is a reference to the Parable of the Ten Virgins.

Plot

The book consists of ten short stories, several of which were inspired by incidents and places known to Mercer.[3] The title of each is the name of a significant female character.[4]

Background

The stories were written for The Windsor Magazine, whose readers had been clamouring for more.[4]

Chapters

Chapter Book Title Windsor Title Date Volume Issue Pages Illustrator
I Sarah False Pretences November 1922 LVI 335 591-684 Henry Coller
II Madeleine Fine Linen October 1922 LVI 334 463-473 E G Oakdale
III Katharine Three's Company October 1923 LVIII 346 493-506 Norah Schlegel
IV Spring Groom Of The Chambers November 1923 LVIII 347 587-600 Norah Schlegel
V Elizabeth A Drink Divine December 1923 LIX 348 3-14 Norah Schlegel
VI Jo Private Papers January 1924 LIX 349 115-127 Norah Schlegel
VII Athalia A Fool's Errand February 1924 LIX 350 233-246 Norah Schlegel
VIII Ann Mesalliance April 1924 LIX 352 505-523 Norah Schlegel
IX Eleanor A Private Scandal March 1924 LIX 351 347-359 Norah Schlegel
X Susan Noblesse Oblige May 1924 LIX 353 573-578 Norah Schlegel

Critical reception

The collected volume was a significant success, and was reprinted seven times before the coming of war in 1939.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. ^ Smithers 1982, p. 103.
  3. ^ Smithers 1982, pp. 118–125.
  4. ^ a b Smithers 1982, p. 118.
  5. ^ Smithers 1982, p. 122.

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