Roger Malvin’s Burial (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- First Published: 1832
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1725 to about 1745
- Setting: New England
- Principal Characters: Reuben Bourne, Roger Malvin, Dorcas, Cyrus
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Sin or Original sin, New England, Native Americans or American Indians, War, Eighteenth century, Death or dying, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Soldiers
- Locales: New England
The Story
The story opens in 1725, in the aftermath of Lovell's Fight, a battle in the French and Indian Wars. Two soldiers lie wounded in the forest, miles from the nearest settlement, at the foot of a rock that resembles a gigantic gravestone. The significance of this rock is immediately apparent, for the older of the men, Roger Malvin, is mortally wounded. The men have already dragged themselves along for three days, but Malvin knows he will not be able to go farther.
Malvin urges the younger man, Reuben Bourne, to go on without him, to save himself and leave Malvin...
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