{"product_id":"classic-summer-stories-1","title":"Classic Summer Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoats, beaches, magic, mysteries and more abound in this sun-drenched collection of summer stories. Two strangers embark on a feverish, dreamlike encounter abroad in Algernon Blackwood’s ‘The Olive’. A man impulsively meets his first love in F.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScott Fitzgerald’s ‘Between Two Planes’. Willa Cather writes of sunset island explorations, and Virginia Woolf depicts the all-too-familiar drowsy garden nap. Yet summer idylls can be shattered: there’s a deadly fishing quarrel from Guy de Maupassant, a touch of malevolent fairy magic from Selma Lagerlöf and, of course, Sherlock Holmes finds himself under pressure to solve an unsettling murder on the Cornish coast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom light humour to deep nostalgia, Italian resorts to rural Russia, each of these tales will transport you somewhere new. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, these pocket-sized editions are perfect for travel. This edition is compiled and introduced by anthologist Becky Brown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 7 May 2026, Pan Macmillan \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035069491\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 336 \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003epages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57215100289406,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781035069491_9a20f669-62d4-4520-9557-c6f1073a9a65.jpg?v=1775485339","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/classic-summer-stories-1","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}