The Equations of Love (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ethel Davis Bryant
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Vancouver, other parts of British Columbia, and Toronto
- Principal Characters: Myrtle Johnson, Mortimer (“Mort”), Victoria May Tritt, Lilly Waller, Mrs. Walter Hughes, Eleanor
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Marriage, Illegitimacy, Canada or Canadians, Truthfulness and falsehood, Loneliness, Isolation
- Locales: Vancouver, Canada
The Novel
The Equations of Love is composed of two parts, or novellas. In the first novella, “Tuesday and Wednesday,” the action covers two days in the lives of a middle-aged couple, Mortimer and Myrtle Johnson, who live in Vancouver. She does part-time domestic work for Mr. Lemoyne; he does gardening jobs, currently for the Dunkerleys. Mrs. Dunkerley makes a fuss over him until her businessman husband returns, a change which deflates Mort. Stopping for a beer, Mort meets an old friend from the trenches of World War I. They go to the mortician’s, where the man works, and...
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