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• Author: Katherine Anne Porter
• First Published: 1938
• Type of Plot: Symbolist
• Time of Work: 1918
• Setting: A small town in the foothills of the Rockies
• Principal Characters: Miranda, Adam
• Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction, Domestic realism
• Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Love or romance, Suicide, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Guilt, West, U.S., Emotions, Reality, War, Farms, farmers, or farming, New Orleans, Death or dying, World War I, Hallucinations or illusions, Colorado, Southwest, Soldiers, Suffrage or voting rights, Life and death, Romanticism, Reporting or reporters, Texas, Horses, Women’s rights, Influenza, Racing
• Locales: South (U.S.), New Orleans, LA, Colorado, Texas

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