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In M o n t r e a l, Tyler w o r k e d in McGill University's L a w Library. She m e t the Iranian writer Taghi Modarressi, and they m a r r i e d in 1963. T h e n she returned to D u k e University, to a job in the library. She left in 1961, at the age of nineteen, b u t she continued to study at C o l u m b i a University in N e w York. W h i l e she was t h e r e, she b e c a m e k n o w n for her story writing. She g r e w u p, t h o u g h, in N o r t h Carolina, a n d she studied Russian at D u k e University in the same state. Illustrations by Mark Shattock Cover photographs © Addison Wesley Longman Limited/Gareth Boden, Bruce Coleman Ltd/Jane Burton, Phoronica/SOA/Keo Muto, Telegraph Colour Library Cover design by Sage Associates Introduction Chapter 1 Macon Alone 1 Chapter 2 A Difficult D o g 8 Chapter 3 Muriel 17 Chapter 4 Sarah 25 Chapter 5 N e w York 32 Chapter 6 Macon and Muriel 38 Chapter 7 A N e w K i n d of Life 48 Chapter 8 Alexander 56 Chapter 9 Rose's W e d d i n g 63 Chapter 10 Coming H o m e 70 Chapter 11 Paris 75 Word List 86 Activities 87 A n n e Tyler is o n e of America's b e s t - k n o w n living writers of fiction. This edition first published in Longman Fiction 1998 Second impression 1999 ISBN 5 4 Set in Adobe Granjon 11.5pt Printed in China GCC/02 Acknowledgements We are grateful to Addison Wesley Longman Limited for permission to use in the Word List definitions adapted from the Longman Active Study Dictionary of English © Longman Group UK Limited (1991). All rights reserved no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. ©Anne Tyler 1985 This edition © Addison Wesley Longman Limited 1998 The right of Anne Tyler to be identified as author of The Accidental Tourist has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. By Anne Tyler Simplified by Susan Maingay General Editors: A n d y H o p k i n s and Jocelyn Potter Addison Wesley Longman Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world.

Author of the accidental tourist