An Occasion of Sin (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Montague
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The 1950's
- Setting: Seacove, a bathing place ten miles south of Dublin, Ireland
- Principal Characters: Françoise O’Meara, Kieran O’Meara, A group of young male clerical students
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, France or French people, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Sin or Original sin, Manners or customs, Conformity, Beaches or seashores, Western Europe or western Europeans, Morality or morals, Students or student life, Ireland or Irish people, Swimming or swimmers
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
The Story
Françoise O’Meara is a young French woman recently married to an Irish man. The couple lives in Dublin, where the husband, Kieran, works. Françoise explores Dublin and its environs in the first six months of their marriage; around Easter, she discovers a bathing place on the coast about ten miles south of Dublin near the suburb of Blackrock. Although her husband tells her no one in Ireland goes swimming so early in the spring, Françoise is an independent woman, at ease with herself, and tells him it does not matter what other people do.
In mid-May, others...
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