The Golden Honeymoon (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ring Lardner
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: 1920
- Setting: St. Petersburg, Florida
- Principal Characters: Charley, Lucy, Frank Hartsell, Mrs. Hartsell
- Genres: Realism
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers
- Locales: St. Petersburg, FL
The Story
At first glance, the title simply reveals the occasion for the story's events, the celebration of a marriage that has endured for fifty years. It is only after reading the story that the readers understand the irony in the celebration of a union more brass than gold. Charley, the ingenuous first-person narrator, recounts his adventures in St. Petersburg, but in doing so reveals himself as shallow, insensitive, and boring. As the plot unravels, so does Charley, yet he remains blissfully unaware of and not bored by a life composed of unrelenting trivia.
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