Two Serious Ladies In the Summer House Stories Other Writings Letters. On the occasion of her centenary, Library of America presents the most complete edition ever published of Jane Bowles s incomparable fiction, along with an extensive selection of her frank, vivid and funny letters. The collection includes the novel Two Serious Ladies 1943 and the play In The Summer House 1954, as well as five short stories, two song lyrics, a play and a nonfiction sketch. It also features fragments from two abandoned novels, a section of Two Serious Ladies cut from an earlier draft, four abandoned stories, one unfinished play and one