Lust (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Susan Minot
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The late 1960's or early 1970's
- Setting: New England
- Principal Characters: The narrator
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, Adolescence, Teenagers, Sex or sexuality, New England
- Locales: New England
The Story
At the age of seventeen or eighteen, the narrator attends Casey Academy, a coed school somewhere in New England. She is a child of privilege who vacations at ski resorts, at summer houses on sunny islands, or on camping trips in Colorado. She is also an active participant in the sexual revolution of the 1960's. She does not fear pregnancy because she has been taking birth control pills since she was fifteen years old. The psychological consequences for this young woman, however, become the important focus of her narration.
She begins by listing and briefly...
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