The Mortgaged Heart
The Mortgaged Heart by Carson McCullers is a significant collection published by Penguin in 1985, featuring 299 pages in English. This edition encompasses a variety of McCullers’s work, including stories, essays, articles, and poems, primarily composed before she turned nineteen. The pieces offer valuable insight into her early life and development as a writer, showcasing her literary talents and the evolution of her craft.
Readers will discover a range of McCullers’s writings that reflect her unique perspective and creativity. The collection includes the working outline of “The Mute,” which later evolved into her acclaimed novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. This compilation not only highlights her fiction but also delves into literary criticism and her thoughts on writing, making it a rich resource for those interested in her contributions to literature and the themes she explored throughout her career.
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The Mortgaged Heart is an important collection of Carson McCullers”s work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide invaluable insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. The collection also contains the the working outline of “The Mute,” which became her best-selling novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
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