The Man Who Loved Islands (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Plot: Symbolist
- Time of Work: 1928
- Setting: Several unspecified islands
- Principal Characters: Mr. Cathcart, Flora
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, 1920’s, Cats, Flowers, Farms, farmers, or farming, Islands
- Locales: Islands
The Story
Mr. Cathcart was born on an island. It does not suit him, however, because there are too many other people on it. His life purpose becomes to own an island that he can make into a world of his own. The would-be islander acquires an island, four miles around, with three cottages on it. It has a smaller island lying off it, which also belongs to him. He loves his island, but there is a sinister side to it. It is a timeless world in which the souls of the dead live again, pulsating actively around the living. At night, places and things that seem uncanny in the day...
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