The Enchanted Doll (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Gallico
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The late 1940's and the early 1950's
- Setting: New York City's Lower East Side
- Principal Characters: Dr. Samuel Amony, Essie Nolan, Rose Callamit, Abe Sheftel
- Genres: Short fiction, Melodrama
- Subjects: Love or romance, Psychology or psychologists, Doctors, Sick persons, Dolls or dollhouses, Happiness
The Story
Although the setting of “The Enchanted Doll” is a poor neighborhood in New York City's Lower East Side, the plot has many of the elements of a fairy tale: a handsome young doctor, a beautiful but helpless young woman, and an ugly old harridan. The tale begins when the narrator, Dr. Samuel Amony, sets out to buy a birthday present for his little niece in Cleveland. With a hurdy-gurdy playing “Some Enchanted Evening” in the background, Amony drops by Abe Sheftel's combination stationery, cigar, and toy shop. When the doctor sees a twelve-inch, handmade rag doll...
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