The Golden Apples (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eudora Welty
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Principal Characters: King MacLain, Mrs. Snowdie Hudson MacLain, Randall MacLain, Mrs. Fate Rainey, Virgie Rainey, Miss Eckhart, Loch Morrison, Cassie Morrison, Easter
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Mythology or myths, South or Southerners, Music or musicians, Middle classes, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Mental illness, Illegitimacy, Pianos or pianists, Loneliness, Happiness
- Locales: Mississippi
The Golden Apples is a collection of seven short stories, interrelated and held together by their characters, a common setting in Morgana, Mississippi, and their common theme of the wanderer’s search for happiness. The stories, which were initially published separately, cover about forty years in the lives of the inhabitants of Morgana and outline the complete drama of their lives. The list of a dramatis personae on the first page of the book indicates that readers are to consider the work as a unified whole. The book is in some ways Eudora Welty’s attempt to create a...
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