The House in Paris (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Bowen
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Post-World War I
- Setting: France and England
- Principal Characters: Henrietta Mountjoy, Leopold Moody, Miss Naomi Fisher, Madame Fisher, Karen Michaelis, Max Ebhart
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Children, Love or romance, Suicide, Gender roles, Paris, 1920’s, England or English people, Illegitimacy, Loneliness
- Locales: France, England, Ireland
The Story:
Eleven-year-old Henrietta arrived at the Gare du Nord uncomfortably early in the morning. She had never been in Paris before, but she was to be there for one day only, between two night trains. By a previous arrangement, the girl was met at the station by Miss Naomi Fisher, an acquaintance of Henrietta’s grandmother, who would look after her during her day in Paris.
Clutching her plush toy monkey while the taxi bumped through gray Paris streets, Henrietta drowsily absorbed Miss Fisher’s nervous chatter. The flow of comments, however, was not entirely...
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