Ocean of Story: The Uncollected Stories of Christina Stead

Introduction Ocean of Story 1 THE EARLY YEARS - AUSTRALIA The Old School The Milk Run A Little Demon 2 APPRENTICE WRITER A Night in the Indian Ocean La Toussaint 'O, If I Could But Shiver!' About the House Uncle Morgan at the Nats 3 PRE-WAR EUROPE Azhdanov Tailors Private Matters Lost American 4 NEW YORK Life Is Difficult A Harmless Affair I Live in You My Friend, Lafe Tilly An Iced Cake with Cherries UNO 1945 The Fathers 5 POST-WAR EUROPE The Captain's House Yac, Yac The Hotel-Keeper's Story A Household The Woman in the Bed The Boy Trains 6 ENGLAND Street Idyll 1954: Days of the Roomers A Routine Accents 7 BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL A Waker and Dreamer A Writer's Friends Les Amoureux Another View of the Homestead Did It Sell? The Magic Woman and Other Stories Afterword by R. G. Geering Acknowledgements