The Bambino (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: May Sinclair
- First Published: 1920
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: About 1920
- Setting: London and a country house in Buckinghamshire, England
- Principal Characters: Roland Simpson, The Bambino, Adela Archdale, Jack Archdale, Frances Archdale
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Children, Psychology or psychologists, Mental illness, Truth, Accidents
- Locales: London, England, Buckinghamshire, England
The Story
Told in the first person by artist Roland Simpson to an unidentified listener, “The Bambino” is less a plotted story than a sketch revealing a dramatic situation and a set of characters. The anonymous listener prompts the story by asking Simpson if he painted a portrait hanging on his studio wall. Simpson replies that it is a study of Adela Archdale and her infant son painted by Frances Archdale, sister of Adela's husband and at one time Simpson's fiance. Jack Archdale collects modern pictures, and Simpson explains to the listener the circumstances that explain...
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See Also:
May Sinclair (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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