Dec 29, 2009
A Country Girl | A Country Girl
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Hood
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Rydal, a rural Florida community
- Principal Characters: Elizabeth Inglish, May Inglish, Uncle Billy, Uncle Cleveland Inglish, Paul Montgomery, Johnny Calhoun
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Love or romance, Nature, Authors or writers, Rural or country life, Painting or painters, Photography or photographers, Newspapers, Tourist trade, Reporting or reporters, Family reunions
- Locales: Florida
The Story
A pair of Florida tourists stops in the small rural community of Rydal to enjoy the scenery.
The man takes photographs while his wife paints a picture, which she gives to a barefoot young
country girl named Elizabeth, who sings and plays a guitar. In return, Elizabeth sings a song for
the tourists, who view her as a bit of local color—a part of the scenery. As the couple
leaves the town, the man says “Country Girl,” as he thinks of the caption for his
slide.
Paul Montgomery, a reporter for a Sunday magazine, comes to Rydal to write an article on
the life...
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