The Death of the Heart (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Bowen
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: After World War I
- Setting: London and Seale, England
- Principal Characters: Thomas Quayne, Anna Quayne, Portia Quayne, St. Quentin Miller, Eddie, Major Brutt, Mrs. Heccomb
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Bildungsroman, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Class conflict, Adolescence, Teenagers, Love or romance, Middle classes, Betrayal, Alienation, Class consciousness, 1920’s, 1930’s, Emotions, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, England or English people, Idealism, Loneliness, Orphans or orphanages
- Locales: London, England, Seale, England
The Story:
Anna Quayne’s pique demanded an outlet—she could no longer contain it all within herself; therefore, while St. Quentin Miller shivered with cold, she marched him around the frozen park, delivering herself of her discontent. The trouble, of course, had started with Portia, for the Quayne household had not been the same since the arrival of Tom’s sixteen-year-old half sister. Not that Portia was all to blame; the business had begun with a deathbed wish. Who could expect dying old Mr. Quayne to ask Tom to take a half sister he hardly knew, keep her for at least a...
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