Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Katherine Anne Porter
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Novellas
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: , 1885-1912; , 1836-1905; , 1918
- Setting: New Orleans, Texas, and Colorado
- Principal Characters: Miranda, Maria, Gabriel, Adam Barclay, Royal Earle Thompson, Mrs. Thompson, Olaf Helton
- 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
The Story:
Old Mortality. Miranda and her sister Maria, aged eight and twelve, respectively, lived after the death of their mother with their father and grandmother. Legends of the family’s past surrounded them in the house, especially tales of their dead Aunt Amy, whose melancholy photograph hung on the wall. According to the story, Amy toyed with the affections of her fiancé Gabriel by appearing scantily dressed at the Mardi Gras with another man. Harry, Amy’s father, defended her honor by shooting the man. Amy and Gabriel married, and six weeks later, Amy died of...
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