Death of a Huntsman (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: H. E. Bates
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Plot: Wit and humor
- Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
- Setting: A rural area outside London
- Principal Characters: Harry Barnfield, Katey, Edna Whittington, Valerie
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Adultery, Accidents, Death or dying, Separation
- Locales: London, England
The Story
The story begins with Harry Barnfield shown in his accustomed routine: perpetually late, running to catch his commuter train out of London, short, aging, and vaguely clownish, the butt of good-natured jokes by his fellow commuters. The reader soon sees why he is always late: His rural home, lovely as it is, is hardly the sort of place one would make a special effort to reach, for Harry's wife, Katey, is a more vicious shrew than her namesake, Katherina, in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
Rather than try to tame Katey—their marriage has...
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