A Canary for One (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernest Hemingway
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1920's
- Setting: A train en route to Paris
- Principal Characters: The woman, The narrator and his wife
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Prejudices or antipathies, Emotions, Divorce, Trains
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story
Three unnamed Americans—a middle-aged woman and a younger couple—travel together on an overnight train to Paris. The older woman fears that the speed of modern transit will produce wrecks; she does most of the talking. Although she does not mention her absent husband, who apparently is home with their daughter, she continually asserts that only American men make “good husbands” for American women. Her main concern is for the marriage of her own daughter. Two years earlier, while the family was vacationing at Vevey, Switzerland, her daughter had fallen madly in...
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See Also:
Ernest Hemingway (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Ernest Hemingway (Short Fiction)Ernest Hemingway (Long Fiction)Ernest Hemingway (Dictionary of World Biography)Ernest Hemingway (Censorship)Ernest Hemingway (Identities and Issues)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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