English Novelist, Critic V.S. Pritchett Dies at 96 From: The Washington Post | Date: March 22, 1997 | Copyright 1997 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

V.S. Pritchett, 96, a master of the English short story and keen observer of humanity who published more than 40 books of short stories, novels, essays, literary criticism and biographies, died March 20 at a hospital here after a stroke.

Novelist Elizabeth Bowen called Pritchett the "most important English practitioner" of the short story. The Times of London said of his travel writing, "Everywhere he slips unobtrusively into the life of the country and lets it speak for itself."...

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