The Dark City (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Conrad Aiken
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The early twentieth century
- Setting: The suburbs of a large city
- Principal Characters: Andrew, Hilda, Martha, Marjorie, Tom
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Children, Family or family life, Business or business people, Suburban life, Life and death
- Locales: United States
The Story
This slice-of-life account focuses on a commuter husband, involving only those events that occur between late afternoon and bedtime. The story begins on the commuter train that carries Andrew from the city to the suburbs, where he works in his garden, plays with his children, eats, takes a post-dinner stroll, plays chess with Hilda, his wife, and then prepares for bed. Aiken, however, does not restrict himself to the external plot, which is prosaic in its typicality, but instead includes his protagonist's inner life, which indicates that Andrew has, at best, a tenuous...
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