Memento Mori (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Muriel Spark
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1950’s
- Setting: London, England
- Principal Characters: Dame Lettie Colston, Godfrey Colston, Charmian Colston, Miss Jean Taylor, Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew, Alec Warner, Guy Leet, Percy Mannering, Olive Mannering, Henry Mortimer
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1950’s, Authors or writers, Friendship, England or English people, Fear, Death or dying, London, Wealth, Old age or elderly people, Mortality, Telephones
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Each time Dame Lettie Colston answered the telephone, the anonymous caller announced, “Remember, you must die.” Unnerved by the calls, the old woman contacted the police, but they could not identify the caller. Lettie’s brother, Godfrey, was too preoccupied with his own problems to be sympathetic. He was exasperated by the mental deterioration his wife, Charmian, had suffered after her stroke.
Miss Jean Taylor, a resident in a nursing home, reflected upon the many years of her work as companion for Charmian Colston, the famous novelist. Now she was...
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