Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists of the 20th century whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

• IntroductionThe Bavarian Stories (1920-1924)Barvan gives upStory on a ShipThe RevelationThe Foolish WifeThe Blind ManA Helping HandJava MeierThe Lance-SergeantMessage in a BottleA Mean BastardThe Death of Cesare MalatestaThe Berlin Stories (1924-1933)The AnswerBefore the FloodConversation about the South SeasLetter about a MastiffHook to the ChinMüller's Natural AttitudeNorth Sea ShrimpsBad WaterA Little Tale of InsuranceFour Men and a Poker GameBarbaraThe Good Lord's PackageThe MonsterThe JobStories Written in Exile (1934-1948)Safety FirstThe Soldier of La CiotatA MistakeGaumer and IrkSocrates WoundedThe ExperimentThe Heretic's CoatLucullus's TrophiesThe Unseemly Old LadyA Question of TasteThe Augsburg Chalk CircleTwo SonsAppendixLife Story of the Boxer Samson-KörnerEditorial NotesThe Principle Collections of Brecht's Short StoriesNotes on the Individual StoriesIndex of Titles in German

Casual wickedness, moral hypocrisy, determined self-interest - such are the familiar residents of Brecht's milieu . . .in this complete collection of his known finished stories . . . Chilling perfection.