A Queer Heart (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Bowen
- First Published: 1941
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Unspecified; perhaps the 1930's
- Setting: A small town in the Midlands of England
- Principal Characters: Hilda Cadman, Rosa, Lucille
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Twentieth century, 1930’s, England or English people, Sisters, Widows or widowers, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: Midlands, England
The Story
Hilda Cadman is cautiously and clumsily disembarking, backward, from the bus that has brought her home from town. A heavy-set, jolly, friendly woman, she enjoys her frequent trips to the nearby town, where she knows and is known by everyone. As the bus continues to travel up the hill, she realizes that the only happy part of her day has ended. Her solid, somber, stucco house, named “Granville,” has been her home for many years, nevertheless she is reluctant to go inside.
Since the death twelve years ago of Mr. Cadman, Hilda and her daughter Lucille,...
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