Omensetter’s Luck (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William H. Gass
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Symbolic realism
- Time of Work: 1890’s
- Setting: Gilean, Ohio, an imaginary river town
- Principal Characters: Brackett Omensetter, Henry Pimber, Jethro Furber, Israbestis Tott
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Language or languages
- Locales: Ohio
The Story:
Brackett Omensetter moved his pregnant wife, Lucy, and their two daughters to Gilean, a late nineteenth century town on the Ohio River. After persuading the blacksmith to hire him as an assistant, Omensetter visited Henry Pimber to rent a house. Although the gentle Pimber responded immediately to Omensetter’s charismatic ease and self-confidence, he considered Omensetter “a foolish, dirty, careless man.” Nevertheless, Omensetter’s “carelessness” stirred him, for it seemed to him to be the basis of spiritual grace. Unlike Pimber, who was clumsy and...
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