Something Special (short story)

Something Special

First standalone edition
Author Iris Murdoch
Country Ireland
Language English
Genre Short story
Publisher Chatto & Windus (standalone)
Publication date
1957
(1999 standalone)
Media type Print
Pages 41pp
ISBN 0-7011-6918-4
OCLC 41661896
823/.914 21
LC Class PR6063.U7 S66 1999

"Something Special" is the only published short story by Iris Murdoch. It first appeared in 1957 in a collection entitled Winter's Tales 3, and after inclusion in anthologies in Japan (1971, 1972), England (1979) and Finland (1990) it was republished separately by Chatto & Windus in 1999.

Yvonne Geary, the 24-year-old daughter of a Dublin shopkeeper, is courted by a young Jewish man, Sam Goldman, who takes her out for the night. After an unpleasant scene at a rowdy public house Sam decides to take Yvonne into his confidence.

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