The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth

The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth is a collection of short stories by the Scottish writer William Boyd. It was published in 2017 by Viking Press. Penguin Books released an unabridged audiobook version, also in 2017. Reviewing the book for the Financial Times, Alex Preston described it as "a largely superb collection of interlinked stories" that are "brilliant and bewitching". Elizabeth Lowry, for The Guardian, said that the stories "are glossily knowing in the manner of Somerset Maugham... They are unfailingly amusing and clever; their only fault is that they sometimes strive for effects of pathos that the urbane narrative angle can’t quite support".