...Houses, 1982)、《什么是我的》(What Was Mine, 1991)等,长篇小说包括日后拍成电影的《萧瑟冬景》(Chilly Scenes of Winter, 1976)、《各归其位》(Falling In Place,1981)等。不过,奠定了比蒂的作家声誉的,却主要是她的短篇小说。
abstract:Chilly Scenes of Winter is Ann Beattie's first novel, published by Doubleday in September, 1976. The marketing copy from the inside flap of the first-edition dust jacket declared, "This is the story of a love-smitten Charles; his friend Sam, the Phi Beta Kappa and former coat salesman; and Charles' mother, who spends a lot of time in the bathtub feeling depressed.