Innocence (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aaron Roy Weintraub
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1950's
- Setting: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Wiley Silenowicz, Orra Perkins
- Genres: Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s
- Locales: Cambridge, MA
The Story
Wiley Silenowicz describes Orra Perkins and begins to explain why he was so obsessed with her. She was more than merely beautiful; her looks were like “a force that struck you.” If someone were to see her in sunlight, that experience might be translated into watching “Marxism die.” Whereas Orra was beauty personified and approachable only by men of money and breeding, Wiley was a young man with neither. Although the odds were against him, however, he was not about to be frightened away from Orra.
The story opens when Wiley and Orra are seniors in...
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