The Horse Dealer’s Daughter (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1920's
- Setting: A small town in rural England
- Principal Characters: Jack Fergusson, Mabel Pervin, Joe Pervin, Fred Henry Pervin, Malcolm Pervin
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Children, Class conflict, Love or romance, Class consciousness, Poverty or poor people
- Locales: England
The Story
The three Pervin brothers, left destitute by their late father, sit smoking and talking around the breakfast table in the family ranch house. They badger their sister, Mabel, whom they call “bull-dog,” asking what she intends to do with her life now that they all must leave the ranch; she answers them as always, with stony silence. Dr. Jack Fergusson, a physician and friend of the brothers, calls. As he sits talking with them, he becomes intrigued by the gloomy, proud, and strangely detached sister.
Later, while walking about making his rounds, Fergusson...
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