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The Sunnier Side

  • 311 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1950
  • 5 editions

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1 About this book

A posthumous anthology of stories on life in Arcadia, a small town in New York State, illustrating the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small burg. In one story, a girl is hounded for having an affair, in another a man discovers to his horror that a bum is a relative. By the author of The Lost Weekend.

  • Small town life
  • City and town life
  • Relationships
  • Social life and customs
  • Young men

2 About Charles Jackson

1903–1968

Charles Reginald Jackson (April 6, 1903 – September 21, 1968) was an American writer. He wrote the 1944 novel The Lost Weekend.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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