The Child of Queen Victoria (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Plomer
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The early twentieth century
- Setting: Lembuland, Africa
- Principal Characters: Frant, Colonel MacGavin, Mrs. MacGavin, Seraphina, Umlilwana, An elderly prophet
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Values, Africa or Africans, Racism, Love or romance, Interracial relationships, Class consciousness, England or English people, Death or dying, Business or business people
- Locales: Lembuland, Africa
The Story
A young Englishman named Frant arrives in Africa to work as a volunteer in a trading post owned by Scottish-born Colonel MacGavin, who drives him to his store. Each man strains to maintain a hearty persona while imagining that the other resents him for representing values of another generation.
Frant stays in a room in the MacGavin's tiny house while serving in the trading post. The MacGavins treat him as a social inferior; however, as a white man, Frant is considered to be superior to his African customers, with whom he becomes friendly. In common with local...
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