The Heat of the Day (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Bowen
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1942-1944
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Stella Rodney, Roderick Rodney, Robert Kelway, Harrison, Louie Lewis
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, War fiction, Spy fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Class conflict, Love or romance, 1940’s, Betrayal, World War II, Alienation, Adultery, Loyalty, London, Ethics, Truthfulness and falsehood, Widows or widowers, Nazism or Nazis, Espionage or spies, Treason, Fascism
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
The afternoon of the first Sunday in September, 1942, found Harrison sitting at a band concert in Regent Park. He was not listening to the music but was, in fact, merely killing time until he could see Stella Rodney at eight o’clock. Thinking of Stella and the awkward subject he must discuss with her, he kept thrusting the fist of his right hand into the palm of his left. This unconscious motion, as well as his obvious indifference to the music, aroused the curiosity of an adjacent listener, Louie Lewis, a clumsy, cheaply clad young woman with an artless and...
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