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Dance of the Happy Shades is a book of short storiesbyAlice Munro, published by Ryerson Pressin1968.^[1] It was her first collection of stories and won the 1968 Governor General's Award for English Fiction. The title of the main story is the English translation provided for the ballet in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice when it was first presented in London.^[2]

Dance of the Happy Shades
First edition
Author	Alice Munro
Language	English
Genre	Short story collection
Publisher	Ryerson Press
Publication date	1968
Publication place	Canada
Pages	xi, 224 pages (1st edition)
Awards	1968 Governor General's Award
ISBN	0-099-27377-2

Stories

"Walker Brothers Cowboy"
"The Shining Houses"
"Images"
"Thanks for the Ride"
"The Office"
"An Ounce of Cure"
"The Time of Death"
"Day of the Butterfly"
"Boys and Girls"
"Postcard"
"Red Dress—1946"
"Sunday Afternoon"
"A Trip to the Coast"
"The Peace of Utrecht"
"Dance of the Happy Shades"

Notes and references

^ Preface. Dance of the Happy Shades. Alice Munro. First Vintage contemporaries Edition, August 1998. ISBN 0-679-78151-X Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc. New York.

^ "Vancouver Book Fair - Fair Past Exhibitors". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10. Vancouver Book Fair: First edition. Retrieved on: 10 December 2013.

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