Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Radclyffe Hall
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: After World War I
- Setting: England and France
- Principal Characters: Miss Wilhelmina Ogilvy, Sarah and Fanny Ogilvy, Mrs. Nanceskivel, A Neolithic man, A Neolithic woman
- Genres: Short fiction, Allegory
- Subjects: Homosexuality or homosexuals, Psychology or psychologists, Lesbianism or lesbians, Pain, World War I
- Locales: France, England
The Story
“Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself” begins with the protagonist, Miss Wilhelmina Ogilvy, watching the disbanding of her World War I Red Cross Allied Ambulance Unit at the busy port of Calais in France. The vehicles, only recently back from the front lines, and suddenly expendable, are being unceremoniously hauled onto a freighter bound for England—the same freighter that will transport Miss Ogilvy from her glorious war experiences back to her narrow life in Surrey, England, with her sisters, Sarah and Fanny Ogilvy.
On the train home from Dover, Miss Ogilvy...
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