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My Reviews of all William Trevor Stories in Alphabetical Order

Access to Children: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-1796

An Afternoon: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18482

Afternoon Dancing: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18780

After Rain: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18522

Against the Odds: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18959

Angels at the Ritz: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18584

Another Christmas: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18842

AT THE CAFFÈ DARIA: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/04/last-stories-william-trevor/#comment-17832

At Olivehill: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18621

Attracta: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18935

August Saturday: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19347

Autumn Sunshine: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19096

THE BALLROOM OF ROMANCE: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18190

THE BEDROOM EYES OF MRS VANSITTART: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18964

Being Stolen From: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19081

Beyond the Pale: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-19030

Big Bucks: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18766

A Bit of Business: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18410

A Bit on the Side: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18988

The Blue Dress: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19057

Bodily Secrets: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19217

Bravado: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18308

Broken Homes: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18230

Cheating at Canasta: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18236

The Children: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18808

Children of the Headmaster: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19348

Child’s Play: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18308

A Choice of Butchers: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18494

The Crippled Man: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/04/last-stories-william-trevor/#comment-17820

Cocktails at Doney’s: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18164

Coffee With Oliver: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18571

A Complicated Nature: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18678

THE DANCING MASTER’S MUSIC: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18920

A Day: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18951

THE DAY WE GOT DRUNK ON CAKE: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18168

Death in Jerusalem: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18388

THE DEATH OF PEGGY MEEHAN: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18631

Death of a Professor: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18879

The Distant Past: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18534

DOWNSTAIRS AT FITZGERALD’S: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18982

A Dream of Butterflies: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18955

The Dressmaker’s Child: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-17936

An Evening Out: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18267

AN EVENING WITH JOHN JOE DEMPSEY: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18448

EVENTS AT DRIMAGHLEEN: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19260

Faith: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18969

Family Sins: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19272

Flights of Fancy: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18917

FOLIE À DEUX: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-19051

THE FORTY-SEVENTH SATURDAY: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18366

A Friend in the Trade: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18460

A Friendship: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18078

The General’s Day: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-17985

Gilbert’s Mother: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18646

Giotto’s Angels: https://elizabethbowensite.wordpress.com/william-trevor/#comment-1018

Going Home: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18421

Good News: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18180

Graillis’s Legacy: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18382

The Grass Widows: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18278

A Happy Family: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18396

Her Mother’s Daughter: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19205

The Hill Bachelors: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-19052

Honeymoon in Tramore: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19310

THE HOTEL OF THE IDLE MOON: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18250

A Husband’s Return: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19340

An Idyll in Winter: https://elizabethbowensite.wordpress.com/william-trevor/#comment-1019

In at the Birth: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18091

In Isfahan: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18545

In Love With Ariadne: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19333

THE INTROSPECTIONS OF J.P. POWERS: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18128

Justina’s Priest: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18154

Kathleen’s Field: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19349

Kinkies: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18463

Last Wishes: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18795

Le Visiteur: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18688

Lost Ground: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18853

Lovers of Their Time: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18345

Low Sunday, 1950: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18541

Lunch in Winter: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18532

Mags: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19162

Making Conversation: https://elizabethbowensite.wordpress.com/william-trevor/#comment-1017

The Mark-2 Wife: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18424

Marrying Damian: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-19022

Matilda’s England: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18859

A MEETING IN MIDDLE AGE: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-17933

Memories of Youghal: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-17999

Men of Ireland: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18114

Miss Smith: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18205

Mr McNamara: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18756

The Mourning: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18251

Mrs Acland’s Ghosts: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18821

Mrs Crasthorpe: https://elizabethbowensite.wordpress.com/william-trevor/#comment-1015

Mrs Silly: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18649

Mr Tennyson: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19089

Mulvihill’s Memorial: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-19003

Music: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19253

The News From Ireland: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19173

Nice Day at School: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18287

O Fat White Woman: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18507

Of the Cloth: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18057

Office Romances: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18734

Old Flame: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18904

The Only Story: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/17/the-only-story-by-william-trevor/

On the Streets: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18835

On the Zattere: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18297

THE ORIGINAL SINS OF EDWARD TRIPP: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18329

The Paradise Lounge: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19126

The Penthouse Apartment: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18065

A Perfect Relationship: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18708

The Piano Teacher’s Pupil: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/04/last-stories-william-trevor/#comment-17806

The Piano Tuner’s Wives: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-17998

The Potato Dealer: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18745

The Printmaker: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18454

THE PROPERTY OF COLETTE NERVI: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19193

THE RAISING OF ELVIRA TREMLETT: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-18887

RAYMOND BAMBER AND MRS FITCH: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18473

The Room: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18028

Rose Wept: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18672

Running Away: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18659

Sacred Statues: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18563

A School Story: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18042

Sitting with the Dead: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-17976

The Smoke Trees of San Pietro: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18171

Solitude: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18444

Sunday Drinks: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19104

The Table: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/collected-stories-william-trevor/#comment-18027

Taking Mr Ravenswood: https://elizabethbowensite.wordpress.com/william-trevor/#comment-1014

The Teddy Bear’s Picnic: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19065

The Telephone Game: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22207-2/#comment-19044

Teresa’s Wedding: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18696

The Third Party: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19295

Three People: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-17986

The Time of the Year: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19074

Timothy’s Birthday: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18206

Torridge: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18614

Traditions: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/later-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18033

A Trinity: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18660

Two More Gallants: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19237

The Unknown Girl: https://elizabethbowensite.wordpress.com/william-trevor/#comment-1016

Virgins: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19242

The Virgin’s Gift: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/21735-2/#comment-18788

The Wedding in the Garden: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/22666-2/#comment-19187

Widows: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/additional-stories-by-william-trevor/#comment-18315

The Women: https://elizabethbowensite.wordpress.com/william-trevor/#comment-1021

THE ONLY STORY by William Trevor

“‘The house is full of smiling people,’ I said. ‘There’s a child on the stairs’”

I had claimed, till today, that I had read and reviewed all of the many William Trevor Stories (variously linked here: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/tag/william-trevor/) but this work proves me wrong, having now discovered it, by chance, through obtaining this (increasingly impressive) anthology for the sole purpose of reading the Marghanita Laski work!
This William Trevor is a powerful attrition of a man having found the hindsight of his life pointless, writing in an exercise book, and now abandoned by his wife (and children) with the help of her Wing Commander father, and remembering when working for an advertising agency he had hit a client in the form of an epiphany after working on many tedious projects… now haunted by, inter alios, the author pretending to be his brother (thus making himself nothing at all but fiction?)…this work somehow becoming, ironically for me, William’s only story! If I understand it correctly.

“Oh God, make William understand.”

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Full context here: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/16/twentieth-century-ghost-stories/