The Father’s Daughters (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Muriel Spark
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1957
- Setting: Nice, France; London and Essex, England
- Principal Characters: Henry Castlemaine, Dora Castlemaine, Ben Donadieu, Kenneth Hope, Carmelita Hope
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Authors or writers, Incest, Fathers, Celibacy
- Locales: London, England, Nice, France, Essex, England
The Story
After having spent thirty-five comfortable summers at Nice, the Castlemaines are faced with poverty. Novelist Henry Castlemaine's name has been forgotten; in fact, people believe that he died long ago. His forty-six-year-old daughter, Dora, who has decided to serve her widowed father and attend to “his needs as a public figure,” is worried about money. It has been thirty years since her father was recognized everywhere. Henry insists on patronizing an expensive place near the casino in Nice; Dora protests but relents, chided by her father for being “vulgar,”...
[The entire page is 1611 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
See Also
