The Camberwell Beauty (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: V. S. Pritchett
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Possibly the 1950's
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: The narrator, August, Mrs. Price, Pliny, Isabel
- Genres: Short fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Satire, Materialism, Antiques
- Locales: London, England
The Story
“The Camberwell Beauty” is told by a narrator looking back on his years in the antique trade and those years just following, when he was intimate with all the dealers in southern England. He first became involved with August, Pliny, and the other figures in this tale when he began searching for a rare piece of Staffordshire porcelain for one of his customers. In the process, he met Mrs. Price and her niece Isabel. Some time later, shortly after the death of Pliny's aged mother, he accidentally meets August, Mrs. Price, and other dealers in a Salisbury pub. They...
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