The Gardener (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: The 1890's to 1920
- Setting: Hampshire, England, and France
- Principal Characters: Helen Turrell, Michael Turrell, George Turrell, Mrs. Scarsworth
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction
- Subjects: Child rearing or parenting, War, Death or dying, Jesus Christ, Horses, Cemeteries, Celibacy
- Locales: France, Hampshire, England
The Story
Helen Turrell, “thirty-five and independent,” takes charge of the rearing of the supposed child of her brother, George, who dies from a fall from a horse a few weeks before the boy's birth. George, serving as a police officer in India, “had entangled himself” with the daughter of a noncommissioned officer. Helen, in the South of France because of lung trouble, has the infant brought to her and takes him home to Hampshire, England.
Helen explains all the details involving her nephew, Michael, to her friends in the village because “scandals are only...
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