The Blue Hotel (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen Crane
- First Published: 1898
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: The mid-1890's
- Setting: Nebraska
- Principal Characters: Pat Scully, The Swede, Mr. Blanc, Bill, Johnnie Scully, The gambler
- Genres: Short fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Blizzards, Ethics, Fate or fatalism, Life and death
- Locales: Nebraska
The Story
The light blue hue of the Palace Hotel, like the shade of a heron's legs, is a striking sight to railway passengers disembarking at Fort Romper, Nebraska. Its owner, Irishman Pat Scully, personally meets the morning and evening trains to “work his seductions” on potential customers. One wintry morning he collars three such “prisoners,” a “shaky and quick-eyed” Swede from New York, a Dakota cowboy named Bill, and Mr. Blanc, a “little silent” easterner. In the hotel's small front room, the guests come on an old farmer and Scully's son Johnnie playing a...
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