Bibliography 2:
This bibliography is organized according its year of publication, place and editorial.
1948 : The short story ‘ The Pig' published in TREK 12, April.
The short story ‘ Flight' published in TREK 12, September.
1949: The short story ‘ Under My Hand' published in TREK 13, February.
The short story ‘ Fruit From Ashes' published in TREK13, October.
1950: ‘ The Grass Is Singing '
London:
Michael Joseph, 1950
Penquin, 1961
Heinemann Educ, 1973
Grafton, 1980
Paladin, 1989
Penquin (Adaptation - retold by Andy Hopkins and Joc Potter), 1992
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994
New York:
Crowell, 1950
Bantam Books, 1952
Ballantine Books, 1964
Popular Library, 1970's.
New American Library (A Plume Book), 1976
Plume, 1995
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1999‘The Nuissance' (short story) published in ‘ Towards the Sun: A Miscellany of Southern Africa' , edited by Roy Macnab. London: Collins.
1951: ‘ This Was the Old Chief's Country'
London: Michael Joseph, 1951
New York: Crowell, 19521952: ‘ Martha Quest' , the first volume of Children of Violence.
London:
Michael Joseph, 1952
MacGibbon & Kee, 1965 (in one volume with A Proper Marriage)
Panther, 1969
Hart-Davis/Granada, 1977
HarperCollins, 1993
New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1964 (in one volume with A Proper Marriage)
Signet, 1966
Plume (Penquin), 1970
Plume, 1993
San Bernardino, CA:
Borgo Press, 19951953: ‘ Five: Short Novels'
London:
Michael Joseph, 1953
Penguin, 1960
Granada, 1969
Panther, 1972
Paladin, 1991‘Before the Deluge' (play) later called Mr. Dolinger (1958).
1954: ‘ A Proper Marriage' , the second volume of Children of Violence
London:
Michael Joseph, 1954
MacGibbon & Kee, 1965 (in one volume with Martha Quest)
Granada, 1977
Grafton, 1990
HarperCollins, 1993
New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1964 (in one volume with Martha Quest)
Plume (Penquin), 1970
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1995
San Bernardino, CA:
Borgo Press, 1995‘ A Road to the Big City' (short story), Pick of Today's Short Stories 5.
1955: ‘ A Mild Attack of Locusts' (short story), published in the New Yorker, February 26.
‘Through The Tunnel' (short story), published in the New Yorker, August 6.
1956: ‘ Retreat to Innocence'
London:
Michael Joseph, 1956
Sphere Books, 1967
New York:
Prometheus (Liberty Book Club), 1959‘Myself As Spokesman' (essay), New Yorker, 31, January 21
‘ Being Prohibited' (essay), New Statesman and Nation, 51, April 2.
‘Kariba Project' (essay), New Statesman and Nation, 51, June 9.
‘Plea for the Hated Dead Woman' (poem), New Statesman and Nation, 51, June 30.
1957: ‘ Going Home'
London:
Michael Joseph, 1957
Panther, 1968
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1992
New York:
Ballantine Books, 1968
Popular Library, 1970's
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1996‘The Habit of Loving'
London:
MacGibbon & Kee, 1957
Panther, 1966
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1993
New York:
Crowell, 1958
Ballantine, 196?
Popular Library, 196?‘The Black Madonna' (short story), published in Winter's Tales 3. London: Macmillan.
‘The Small Personal Voice' (essay).
London:
MacGibbon & Kee, 1957
Reader's Union, 1959
New York:
E. P. Dutton & Co., 1958‘Flavours of Exile' (short story) published in The London Magazine - Vol. 4, No. 2., edited by John Lehmann; London: Chatto & Windus.
‘Tobacco Farm' (article) appeared on ‘The Countryman, A Quarterly Non-Party Review and Miscellany of Rural Life and Work for the English-speaking World', Vol LIV, N.2.
1958: ‘ A Ripple from the Storm' , the third volume of Children of Violence
London:
Michael Joseph, 1958
MacGibbon & Kee, 1965
Panther/Granada, 1966
Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1977
Paladin, 1990
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1993
New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1966 (in one volume with Landlocked)
Plume (New American Library), 1970 (reprinted by Plume/Penquin)
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1995
San Bernardino, CA:
Borgo Press, 1995‘Mr. Dolinger' (play) (also know under the title Before the Deluge ), was produced at the Oxford Playhouse, England. The play is unpublished.
‘Each His Own Wilderness' (play) was performed by the English Stage Society at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 23 March.
London Diary (essay), New Statesman, 55, March 15, 1958.
London Diary (essay), New Statesman, 55, March 22, 1958.
Desert Child (essay), New Statesman, 56, November 15, 1958.
1959: ‘ Each His Own Wilderness' (play) published in New English Dramatists, Three Plays introduced and edited by E. Martin Browne. (Each His Own Wilderness, Doris Lessing; The Hamlet of Stepney Green, Bernard Kops; Chicken Soup with Barley, Arnold Wesker.)
Harmondsworth:
Penquin, 1959;
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1996 ( Play with a Tiger and Other Plays )‘Fourteen Poems'
Norwood (U.K.): Scorpion Press
‘Crisis in Central Africa: The Fruits of Humbug' (essay), Twentieth Century, 165, April.
1960: ‘ In Pursuit of the English: A Documentary'
London:
MacGibbon & Kee, 1960
Sphere Books Limited, 1968
Granada, 1977
Panther/Granada, 1980
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1993
New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1961
Ballantine Books, 1966
Popular Library, 1970's
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1996‘In Pursuit of the English' (excerpt), Alienation . London: MacGibbon & Kee.
‘Through the Tunnel' (short story), published in Great Stories From The World of Sport , editors Peter Schwed and Herbert Warren Wind. London: Heineman.
‘Ordinary People' (essay), New Statesman, 59, June 25.
‘Our Friend Judith' (short story), Partisan Review, 27, Summer.
1961: ‘ The Truth About Billy Newton' (play) was produced Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The play is unpublished.
‘African Interiors' (essay), New Statesman, 62, October 27, 1961.
‘Letter to the Editor' , New Statesman, 62, November 3, 1961.
‘Smart Set Socialists' (essay), New Statesman, 62, December 1, 1961.
‘Homage for Isaac Babel' (short story), New Statesman, 62, December 15, 1961.
1962 :' The Golden Notebook'
London:
Michael Joseph, 1962, 1972, 1986
Penquin, 1964, 1972
Panther/Granada, 1973
Paladin/Grafton, 1989
New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1962, 1984
McGraw-Hill, 1963
Ballantine Books, 1968
Bantam, 1973
Caedmon (HarperCollins) (audio tape: excerpt from The Golden Notebook ), 1986
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1994
San Bernardino, CA:
Borgo Press, 1994
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1999‘Play with a Tiger' produced at the Comedy Theatre, London.
London:
Michael Joseph, 1962
Davis-Poynter Ltd, 1972
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1996 ( Play with a Tiger and Other Plays )‘From the Black Notebook' (excerpt from The Golden Notebook ), Partisan Review, 29, Spring 1962.
‘The New Man' (short story), New Statesman, 64, September 7, 1962.
‘The Grass is Singing' adapted as a television play.
1963: ‘ A Man and Two Women'
London:
MacGibbon & Kee, 1963
New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1963
Ballantine Books, 1965
Popular Library
Plume, 1976
Touchstone (Simon & Schuster), 1984‘One Off the Short List' (short story), Kenyon Review, 25, Spring 1963.
‘A Letter from Home' (short story), Partisan Review, 30, Summer 1963.
‘A Room' (short story), New Statesman, 66, August 2, 1963.
‘My Father' (essay), London Sunday Telegraph, September 1, 1963.
‘What Really Matters' (essay), Twentieth Century, 172, Autumn 1963.
‘The New Man' (short story), Voices.
‘Mrs. Fortescue' (short story), Winter's Tales 9.
1964: ‘ African Stories'
London:
Michael Joseph, 1964
New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1965
Ballantine Books, 1966
Popular Library, 1976
Touchstone (Simon & Schuster), 1977, 1981‘Play with a Tiger' produced in New York.
‘An Unposted Love Letter' (short story), published in Thy Neighbor's Wife, Twelve Original Variations on the Theme of Adultery , edited by James Turner; London: Cassell, 1964, Four Square, 1967; New York: Stein and Day, 1968
‘All Seething Underneath' (essay: My Father) abridged , Vogue Magazine, February 15.
‘Zambia's Joyful Week' (essay), New Statesman, 68, November 6.
1965: ‘ Landlocked' , the fourth volume of Children of Violence
London:
MacGibbon & Kee, 1965
Panther, 1967
Panther, 1974
Grafton, 1990
HarperCollins, 1993
New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1966 (in one volume with A Ripple from the Storm)
Plume (New American Library), 1970 (reprinted by Plume/Penquin)
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1995
San Bernardino, CA:
Borgo Press, 1995Little Tembi (short story), published in Modern Choice I . London: Blackie.
1966: Her translation of ‘ The Storm' , a play by Alexander Ostrovsky, is produced by the National Theatre in London. Production of two original television plays,' Please Do Not Disturb' and ‘ Care and Protection' . She collaborates on further television scripts based on works by Maupassant.
‘The Black Madonna' London: Panther; Flamingo (HarperCollins)
‘Winter in July' London: Panther, 1966; Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1993
‘Allah Be Praised' (review of The Autobiography of Malcolm X), New Statesman, 71, May 27.
‘Here' (poem), New Statesman, 71, June 17.
‘Visit' (poem), New Statesman, 72, November 4.
‘Play with a Tiger' , in Plays of the Sixties, vol. 1 . London: Pan Books Ltd.
‘Care and Protection' (play)
‘Do Not Disturb' (play)
‘The Storm' (from A. Ostrovsky's play)
‘Between Men' (play)
‘To Room Nineteen' (short story), published in The World of Modern FIction: European , editor Stephen Marcus. New York: Simon and Schuster.
1967: Particularly Cats
London:
Michael Joseph, 1967
Panther/Grafton 1979
New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1967
Signet, 1971
Simon & Schuster/Fireside, 1978She publishes statement in ‘ Authors Take Sides on Vietnam'.
‘Particularly Cat's (excerpt), McCalls, 94, March 1967.
‘A Small Girl Throws Stones at a Swan in Regents Park' (poem), New Statesman, 74, November 24, 1967.
‘Hunger the King' (poem), New Statesman, 74, November 24, 1967.
‘Omar Khayyam' (essay), New Statesman, 74, December 15, 1967.
‘Through the Tunnel' (short story), published in Breadth of Danger: Fifty Tales of Peril and Fear by Masters of the Short Story , editor Eric Duthie. London: Odhams.
1968: ‘ Nine African Stories: With a Specially Written Introduction by The Author' , Selected by Michael Marland; London: Longmans, (Selections from African stories)
‘Three Plays' - Includes ‘ The Long and the Short and the Tall' and ‘ Each His Own Wilderness' ; Willis Hall, Editor, Harmondsworth, Penguin, also includes ‘ Yes, and After ' by Michael Hastings
‘Side Benefits of an Honorable Profession' (short story), Partisan Review, 35, Fall.
‘Afterword' in Oliver Schreiner's ‘ The Story of an African Farm' , New York: Fawcett World Library.
1969: ‘ The Four-Gated City' , the fifth volume of Children of Violence
London:
MacGibbon & Kee, 1969
Granada, 1972
Paladin, 1990
HarperCollins, 1993
New York:
Knopf, 1969
Bantam Books, 1970
Plume (Penquin), 1976
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1995
San Bernardino, CA:
Borgo Press, 1995‘Particularly Cats' (excerpt), Cat Fancy, 12, March-April 1969.
‘Particularly Cats' (excerpt), Cat Fancy, 12, June 1969.
‘A Few Doors Down' (essay), New Statesman, 78, December 26, 1969.
1971: ‘ Briefing for a Descent into Hell'
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1971
Panther, 1972
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1995
New York:
Knopf, 1971
Vintage Books (Random House), 1981‘Briefing for a Descent into Hell' shortlisted for The Booker Prize.
‘Ancient Ways to New Freedom' (essay), Vogue, 158, September 15, 1971 and in The Diffusion of Sufi Ideas in the West , edited by L. Lewin; Boulder, Colorado: Keysign Press.
‘Report on the Threatened City' (short story, Playboy, 17, November 1971.
‘Spies I Have Known' (short story), Partisan Review, 38, Winter 1971.
‘A Deep Darkness' (review of Isak Dinisen's Shadows on the Grass), New Statesman, January 15, 1971.
‘Ant's Eye View' (essay on Eugene Marais's The Soul of the White Ant), New Statesman, January 29, 1971.
‘The Ant Heap' (short story), published in Great British Short Novels , editor R.D. Spector. New York: Bantam.
1972: ‘ The Story of a Non-Marrying Man and Other Stories'
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1972
Penguin Books, 1975
Grafton/Paladin, 1990
New York (American title The Temptation of Jack Orkney and Other Stories ):
Knopf, 1972
Bantam Books, 1974‘What Looks Like an Egg and Is an Egg?' (essay), New York Times Book Review, 77, May 7, 1972.
‘In the World, Not of It' , published in Encounter, August, 1972.
‘An Old Woman and Her Cat' (short story), published in New American Review 14 , editor Theodore Solotaroff. New York: Simon and Schuster.
‘Ancient Way to New Freedom' (essay), Diffusion of Sufi Ideas in the West.
‘Foreword' , An Illfated People.
‘Preface' in reissue of the Golden Notebook.
‘Postscript' in Play with a Tiger.
1973: ‘ The Summer Before the Dark'
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1973
Paladin, 1990
New York:
Knopf, 1973
Bantam, 1974
Vintage Books (Random House), 1983‘ This Was the Old Chief's Country ' : Collected African Stories, Volume 1
‘ The Sun Between Their Feet ' : Collected African Stories, Volume 2
London:
Michael Joseph, 1973
Triad/Granada, 1979
Paladin, 1992
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1993
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994‘The Singing Door' , a one-act play written for a textbook anthology. Published in: Second Playbill , ed. Alan Durband, London: Hutchinson.
and in Play with a Tiger and Other Plays , London: Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1996.‘Letters' in The Novels of Doris Lessing.
‘On The Golden Notebook' (Preface to The Golden Notebook), Partisan Review, XL, I
‘Vonnegut's Responsibility' (essay), New York Times Book Review, February 4, 1973.
1974: ‘ The Memoirs of a Survivor'
London:
Octagon, 1974, 1985
Picador, 1976
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1995
New York:
Knopf, 1975
Bantam Books, 1976
Vintage Books (Random House), 1988‘A Small Personal Voice' (collected essays)
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994
New York:
Knopf, 1974;
Vintage (Random House), 1975‘ Play with a Tiger ' included in the anthology Plays By and About Women , edited by Victoria Sullivan and James Hatch, New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1974.
‘Introduction to Dusky Ruth and Other Stories' by A. E. Coppard; Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1974
1975: ‘ Building a new cultural understanding with the people of the East' , article in The Times, October 15, 1975.
‘If you knew Sufi... ' article in The Guardian (London), January 8, 1975.
‘A Sunrise on the Veld' , edited by Alan Duff; Series: Cambridge English language learning; London : Cambridge U.P., 1975
1976: The story "No Witchcraft for Sale" was published in ‘ Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex', Manley, Seon & Gogo Lewis. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Includes stories by Andre Norton, Dorothy Sayers, Doris Lessing and others. Cover illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Doris Lessing: Selected Short Stories' ; Edited by Alan Cattell; Series:The Pegasus library; London: Harrap
1977: ‘ Interview' in The Author Speaks
‘A Mild Attack of Locusts' ; Edited by Alan Duff; Series: Cambridge English language learning: level 5; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977
1978: ‘ To Room Nineteen : Collected Stories, Volume One'
‘ The Temptation of Jack Orkney : Collected Stories Volume Two'
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1978
Granada, 1979
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994
New York (In one volume, title: Stories ):
Knopf, 1979
Vintage (Random House), 1980Dust jacket blurb for ‘ The House of Hunger' by Marechera (Dambudzo), New York: Pantheon (1978)
1979: ‘ Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta' , the first volume of Canopus in Argos: Archives
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1979
Granada/Grafton, 1981
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994
New York:
Knopf, 1979
Vintage (Random House), 1981
Vintage International (Random House), 1992 - Canopus in Argos: Archives (all 5 novels in one volume, softcover)‘Letters' in The Novelistic Vision of Doris Lessing.
‘In the World, Not of It' in The World of the Sufi.
Included in ‘ Women Writing, An Anthology' , Edited by Denys Val Baker, NY, with Weldon, Lavin, Lessing, O'Brien, Spark, Taylor, etc
1980: ‘ The Marriages between Zones Three, Four, and Five' , the second volume of Canopus in Argos: Archives
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1980
Granada, 1981
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994
New York:
Knopf, 1980
Vintage Books (Random House), 1981
Vintage International (Random House), 1992 - Canopus in Argos: Archives (all 5 novels in one volume, softcover)‘Introduction in Kalila and Dimna' by Ramsay Wood; New York: Knopf
Included in ‘ A Garland for Jack Lindsay' ; decorations by Charlotte Mensforth; St. Albans (Hertfordshire), Piccolo Press. Limited edition of 150 copies
1981: ‘ The Sirian Experiments' , the third volume of Canopus in Argos: Archives
London :
Jonathan Cape, 1981
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994
New York :
Knopf, 1981
Vintage Books (Random House), 1982
Vintage International (Random House), 1992 - Canopus in Argos: Archives (all 5 novels in one volume, softcover)‘The Sirian Experiments' shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
‘Introduction' in ‘ Learning How to Learn' by Idries Shah, Octagon Press.
‘Introduction' in ‘ The Tale of the Four Dervishes and Other Sufi Titles'.
‘Not A Very Nice Story ' (short story) included in the anthology: ‘ FINE LINES The Best of Ms. Fiction' , Edited and with an by Ruth Sullivan, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Film released: Memoirs of a Survivor, starring Julie Christie, directed by David Gladwell.
1982: ‘ The Making of the Representative for Planet 8' , the fourth volume of Canopus in Argos: Archives
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1982
Panther, 1981
Granada, 1983
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994
New York:
Knopf, 1982
Vintage (Random House), 1983
Vintage International (Random House), 1992 - Canopus in Argos: Archives (all 5 novels in one volume, softcover)‘ Our minds have become set in the apocalyptic mode ' , article in The Guardian (London), June 14, 1982.
‘ These Shores of Sweet Unreason ' , article in The Guardian (London), September 25, 1982.
‘ ‘Introduction' in First Among the Sufies, Life and Thought of Rabia al-Adawiyya by Widad El Sakkakini;ISHK.
Contributed to audio tape: ‘ An Ancient way to New Freedom' , ISHK.
1983: ‘ Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire' , the fifth volume of Canopus in Argos: Archives
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1983
Granada, 1984
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994
Knopf, 1983
Vintage (Random House), 1984
Vintage International (Random House), 1992 - Canopus in Argos: Archives (all 5 novels in one volume, softcover)‘The Diary of a Good Neighbor' (published under the pseudonym "Jane Somers")
London: Michael Joseph, 1983
New York: Knopf, 1983
(Made into a film "RUE DU RETRAIT", directed by Rene Feret, France, 2001. For more info see: The Internet Movie Database.)‘My Father' in Fathers-Reflections by Daughters.
Included in the anthology, ‘ The Dog Book: A Treasury of the Finest Appreciations Ever Penned About Dogs' , Jerrold Mundis (ed.)
New York: Arbor House, 1983.
1984: ‘ If the Old Could' (published under the pseudonym "Jane Somers")
London: Michael Joseph, 1984
New York: Knopf, 1984‘Writing Under Another Name' (article) & ‘ Jane Somers's Diaries' (excerpt), London/New York: Granta #13, Autumn 1984.
London:
Michael Joseph, 1984
Penquin, 1985
New York:
Vintage (Random House), 1984‘Impertinent Daughters' (excerpt), London/New York: Granta #14, Winter 1984.
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1985
Grafton, 1986
Paladin (Granada) 1990
New York:
Knopf, 1985
Vintage (Random House), 1986‘The Good Terrorist' shortlisted for The Booker Prize.
‘Autobiography (Part Two): My Mother's Life' (excerpt), London/New York: Granta #17, Autumn 1985.
1987: ‘ The Wind Blows Away Our Words'
London: Picador, 1987
New York: Vintage/Random House, 1987‘Events in the Sky ' (essay), London/New York: Granta #22, Autumn, 1987.
‘ Afghan accuracy' , Letter to the Editor, The Guardian (London), April 17, 1987.
Forward to ‘ The Essential Cat' , by Thomas Lester; London: Grafton Books
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1988
Grafton/Paladin, 1989
Flamingo (HarperColins), 1991
Flamingo (HarperColins), 1993
New York:
Knopf, 1988
Vintage (Random House), 1989‘ Among the Roses ' (short story), The Observer, July 24, 1988.
Included in the anthology, ‘ Through Other Eyes : Animal Stories by Women' , with Ursula Le Guin, Alice Walker, Annie Dillard; Crossing Press, 1988
‘Three stories / Doris Lessing' , Contemporary authors in signed limited editions; Helsinki : Eurographica, 1988, Limited ed. of 350 copies printed by Tipografia Nobili
Collaborated with composer Philip Glass to create the opera: "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" performed by The Houston Grand Opera. Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc., 1988
1989: ‘ Particularly Cats and More Cats' (illustrated by Anne Robinson)
London: Michael Joseph, 1989
Oxford: ISIS Large Print, 1990‘The Doris Lessing Reader'
London:
Jonathan Cape, 1989
Grafton/Paladin, 1991
New York:
Knopf, 1989‘ Zimbabwe mobilises the agents of change' , article in The Independent (London), January 18, 1989.
1990 ‘ Through The Tunnel ' (short story), Mankato, MN: Creative Education Inc.
‘ In fact, only a minority of journalists are any good ' (article), winter edition of the British Journalism Review on January 29, 1990.
‘The Story of Two Dogs' (short story) included in the anthology, ‘ The Literary Dog: Great Contemporary Dog Stories ' , Edited by Jeanne Schinto, New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990
‘1991: Particularly Cats... and Rufus' (Illustrations by James McMullan, American edition only. Reissue of "Particuarly Cats" with addition of new chaper Rufus, the Survivor)
New York:
Knopf, 1991
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1993 (Title: Particularly Cats and Rufus the Survivor )Introduction to reissue of ‘ Before My Time ' by Niccolo Tucci; Moyer Bell Limited, New York & London, 1991
‘ Between the fax and the fiction ' , article in The Guardian (London), December 13.
‘Notes for A Case History' (short story) included in Decades: The Sixties ; Compiled by Janet and Andrew Goodwyn; Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan.
1992: ‘ London Observed Stories and Sketches'
London
HarperCollins, 1992
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1993
New York (American title: The Real Thing: Stories and Sketches ):
HarperCollins, 1992
Ultramarine Publishing Company, 1992 (limited edition of 50 signed copies, 12 in leather binding)
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1993‘African Laughter'
London:
HarperCollins, 1992
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1993
New York :
HarperCollins, 1992
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1993" Language and the Lunatic Fringe " (article/essay), New York Times, Op Ed, June 26, 1992.
" Debbie and Julie" (short story) included in The Plot Against Mary & More Seasonal Stories . Edited by Alison Campbell, Caroline Hallett, Jenny Palmer & Marijke Woolsey. The Women's Press, London, 1992
Essay included in the anthology ‘ The Pleasure of Reading' , edited by Antonia Fraser, London: Bloomsbury.
1993: Included in the children's book anthology: ‘ Adventure Stories' ; chosen by Clive King, illustrated by Brian Walker; New York: Kingfisher Books, 1993.
An illustrated collection of adventure short stories and excerpts from longer works by a variety of authors, including Robert Graves, Doris Lessing, and Mark Twain.‘An Ant Heap' (short story) included in the anthology, ‘ Classics of Modern Fiction : Twelve Short Novels'; Edited by Irving Howe; Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, c1993
‘A Woman on The Roof' (short story) included in the anthology: Fiction; C ompiled by R.S. Gwynn; New York: HarperCollins.
1994: ‘ Shadows on the Wall of the Cave' (transcript of her talk on 19 January 1994)
London : British Library, 1994
‘Conversations' , edited by Earl Intersoll
Princeton:
Ontario Review Press, 1994
London : (British title: Putting the Questions Differently )
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1996‘Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949'
London
HarperCollins, 1994
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1995
New York:
HarperCollins, 1994
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1995
San Bernardino, CA:
Borgo Press, 1995‘Foreword in Mercury ' by Anna Kavan, London: Peter Owen Publishers.
‘The Day Stalin Died' (short story) published in the anthology: ‘ The Oxford Book of Modern Women's Stories ' , edited by Patricia Craig, Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press.
‘ Unexamined Mental Attitudes Left Behind By Communism ' (essay) published in: ‘ Our Country, Our Culture: The Politics of Political Correctness' , Edited by Edith Kurzweil and William Philips, Partisan Review Press, Boston, 1994
Foreward to ‘ The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English ' , edited by Ian Ousby, Cambridge University Press, second edition.
1995: ‘ Playing the Game' (a graphic novel illustrated by Charlie Adlard)
London: HarperCollins, 1995
‘Spies I Have Known and Other Stories'
London: Cascade/Collins Educational (HarperCollins), 1995
‘ The Golden Notebook' included in the exhibition "Books of the Century" at The New York Public Library's Center for the Humanities, May 20, 1995-July 13, 1996, and in The New York Public Library's Books of the Century , published by Oxford University Press
‘To Room Nineteen' (short story) included in: ‘ The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, 5th Edition' , edited by R. V. Cassill, W.W. Norton & Company. Also includes an interview with Doris Lessing.
‘Impertinent Daughters' (essay) published in: The Granta Book of the Family , Edited by Bill Buford, New York: Granta Books (Penquin), 1995
Introduction to ‘ The Man Who Loved Children' by Christina Stead, New York: Everyman's Library, Knopf, 1995
1996: ‘ Love, Again'
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1996
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1997
New York:
HarperCollins, 1996
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1997‘The Pit'
London: Phoenix/Orion House, 1996
‘Play with a Tiger and Other Plays'
London: Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1996
‘Through the Tunnel' (short story) reprinted in ‘ Splash: Great Writing About Swimming ' , by Laurel Blossom (Editor) & George Plimpton (Introduction), U.S. & U.K: Ecco Press, 1996
‘ One Off the Short List' (short story) included in:
‘The Norton Anthology: Literature by Women, the Traditions in English, Second Edition ' , edited by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, New York/London: W. W. Norton & Company.1997: She collaborated with Philip Glass on a second opera, based on " The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five ", which premiered in Heidelberg, Germany on May 10.
Short story/essay (?) included in ‘ Sixty Years of Great Fiction from Partisan Review' by William Phillips (Editor), Partisan Review, Boston, MA.
Short story/essay (?) included ‘ in Glorious Cats : A Collection of Words and Paintings' , by Helen Exley (Editor); Exley Gift Books
‘The Stare' (short story) published in the The New Yorker, July 7, 1997.
‘The Roads of London' (excerpt from Walking in the Shade ), Granta # 58, Summer 1997.
‘Walking in the Shade, Volume Two of My Autobiography', 1949 to 1962
London:
HarperCollins, 1997
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1998
New York:
HarperCollins, 1997
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 19981998: ‘ An Evening with Doris Lessing' (lecture & discussion), Partisan Review/1, Winter 1998, Volume LXV Number 1, Boston University.
‘ Report on the Threatened City' (short story) reprinted in ‘ The Playboy Book of Science Fiction ' , Edited by Alice K. Turner, New York, Harperprism, 1998.
‘ Introduction to Ecclesiastes or, The Preacher ' (The Canon Pocket Bible Series), Edinburgh: Cannongate Books Ltd, 1998; New York: Grove Press, 1999
‘ Plants and Girls ' (short story) included in ‘ Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers' ; edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Denise Little & Robert Weinberg; Barnes & Noble, 1998.
1999: ‘ Mara and Dann, an Adventure'
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1999
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 2000
New York:
HarperCollins, 1999
HarperPerennial (HarperCollins), 1999Short Story or Essay included in the anthology ‘ Her War Story : Twentieth-Century Women Write About War ', edited by Sayre P. Sheldon; Southern Illinois University Press, June 1999.
‘ Problems, Myths and Stories ' , I.C.R. Monograph No: 36, London: Institute for Cultural Research, 1999
‘ A London View' (essay), London/New York:Granta #65, Spring 1999.
2000: ‘ A Letter from Home' ( short story) included in ‘ Other People's Mail, an Anthology of Letter Stories' , Edited with an Introduction by Gail Pool; University of Missouri Press.
‘ Ben, in the World'
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 2000
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 2001
New York :
HarperCollins, 2000
HarperPerennial Library (HarperCollins), 2001‘The Old Age of El Magnificato'
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 2000
New York:
(Published as a reissue of Particularly Cats , with an additional chapter, "The Old Age of El Magnifico." )
Burford Books, Short Hills, NJ, 2000Introduction to ‘ The Forgotten Soldier' by Guy Sajer, Phoenix Press, New Ed, Dec.
2001: ‘ The Sweetest Dream'
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 2001
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 2002
PerfectBound digital download, 2002Introduction to ‘ Ice Palace' by Tarjei Vesaas; Green Integer, April 2001
2002: ‘The Sweetest Dream'
New York:
HarperCollins, 2002
PerfectBound digital download, 2002
HarperPerennial, 2003Introduction to ‘ The Fox' by D.H. Lawrence; Hesperus Press; November 2002
‘What We Think of America' (essay), London/New York: Granta #77, Spring 2002.
‘How Things Were' (essay), included in ‘ The Gift: New Writing for the NHS' ; David Morley (Editor), London, Stride Publications, May 2002.
‘The Wolf People' (poems) included in ‘ INPOPA: Anthology 2002 Poems by Doris Lessing, Robert Twigger and TH Benson ' ; The Institute of Poetic Patience; Carzdotti Dot Ltd.; London.
‘On Cats' (collection of ‘ Particularly Cats and Rufus ' and ‘ The Old Age of El Magnifico ' )
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 2002‘ The Jewel of Africa ' , (article) in The New York Review of Books; New York; April 10.
2003: ‘ The Grandmothers'
London:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 2003
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 20042004: ‘ The Grandmothers'
New York:
Flamingo (HarperCollins), 2004‘Time Bites: News and Reviews'
London:
Fourth Estate (HarperCollins), 2004
HarperPerennial (2005)New York:
HarperCollins
HarperPerennial (2006)2005: ‘The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, Griot and the snow dog'
London:
Fourth Estate (HarperCollins)
HarperPerennial, 20062006: ‘The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, Griot and the snow dog'
New York:
HarperCollins2007: ‘The Cleft'
London:
Fourth Estate (HarperCollins)
New York:
HarperCollins2008: ‘Alfred and Emily'
London :
Fourth Estate (HarperCollins)
New York :
Harper (Harpercollins)(Note: this bibliography is compiled from various sources and is by no means complete)
Sources:
" Doris Lessing" by Mona Knapp
" Doris Lessing: A Checklist " by Selma R. Burkom
Library of Congress - U.S.
COPAC - U.Khttp://www.dorislessing.org/bibliography.html
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