As Other Men Are

As Other Men Are is a 1925 collection of short stories by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), first published in The Windsor Magazine.

As Other Men Are
1944 dustjacket
AuthorDornford Yates
GenreNovel
PublisherWard Lock & Co[1]
Publication date
1925[1]
Media typePrint
Pages317[1]

Plot

The book consists of a further ten short stories, many of which revolve around the relations between an impecunious former officer of the Great War and a woman of wealth.[2] The title of each is the name of a significant male character.

Background

The stories were written for The Windsor Magazine.[3]

Chapters
Chapter Book Title Windsor Title Date Volume Issue Pages Illustrator
I Jeremy Unto Caesar June 1924 LX 354 3-16 Norah Schlegel
II Simon Shorn Lambs July 1924 LX 355 119-131 Norah Schlegel
III Toby Without Prejudice August 1924 LX 356 239-251 Norah Schlegel
IV Oliver Old Ale September 1924 LX 357 353-364 Norah Schlegel
V Christopher The Lord Of The Manor October 1924 LX 358 473-485 Norah Schlegel
VI Ivan Leading Strings December 1924 LXI 360 23-35 Norah Schlegel
VII Hubert Contrary Winds January 1925 LXI 361 135-146 Norah Schlegel
VIII Titus Ways And Means February 1925 LXI 362 255-270 Norah Schlegel
IX Peregrine Fallen Sparrows November 1924 LX 359 587-598 Norah Schlegel
X Derry The Flat Of The Sword March 1925 LXI 363 377-390 Norah Schlegel

Critical reception

The author’s biographer AJ Smithers noted that these tales have a rather harsher tone than that of the earlier stories.[4] Although they all have a happy ending, as required by the editor of The Windsor Magazine, he felt that by this date the writer was no longer seeing romance in the old-fashioned way.[4] Some of his women can be greedy and vinegar-tongued, particularly the American women.[4] Mercer's own wife, Bettine, was American and Smithers speculated that his tone was a reflection of the couple's marital problems, or that these stories were intended as a deliberate insult to her.[4]

References
  1. "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. Smithers 1982, p. 123.
  3. Smithers 1982, p. 122-123.
  4. Smithers 1982, p. 125.

Bibliography
  • Smithers, AJ (1982). Dornford Yates. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0 340 27547 2.
  • Usborne, Richard (1974). Clubland Heroes. London: Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 0 214 20012 4.
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