Dec 27, 2009
The Ballroom of Romance | The Ballroom of Romance
At a glance:
- Author: William Trevor Cox
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The early 1970's
- Setting: Rural Ireland
- Principal Characters: Bridie, Justin Dwyer, Dano Ryan, Madge Dowding, Bowser Egan, Eyes Horgan
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Parents and children, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Marriage, Rural or country life, Dancing or dancers, Single people, Loneliness, Western Europe or western Europeans, Ireland or Irish people, Middle age, Isolation, Dating
- Locales: Ireland
The Story
Bridie, an unmarried woman in her mid-thirties, lives in rural Ireland and spends much of her
time caring for her crippled father. Bridie still hopes to marry, and on Saturday nights, she rides
her bicycle the seven miles to a wayside dance hall. She has been going to the dances for
years.
On this occasion, when she arrives at the dance, she greets Dano Ryan, the drummer in the
band, and exchanges pleasantries in the cloakroom with her acquaintances among the girls. These
include Madge Dowding, who is three years older than Bridie and is also unmarried. Madge...
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