The Ugliest House in the World (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Ho Davies
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1990's
- Setting: A small village in Wales
- Principal Characters: Dr. Williams, His father, Gareth Watkins, Kate Watkins
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children, Twentieth century, Villages, Guilt, Doctors, Fathers, Nationalism, Accidents, Death or dying, Funeral rites or ceremonies, 1990’s, Western Europe or western Europeans, Wales or Welsh people, Houses
- Locales: Wales
The Story
“The Ugliest House in the World” is told from the perspective of a first-person narrator named Dr. Williams. The narrative is in the present tense, but much of the text consists of flashbacks and background material that provide context for the present-tense action.
The narrator, a young doctor in London working to pay back his student loans, describes his work environment in a geriatric ward and some of the slang vocabulary used by him and his colleagues. Although a native of London, he is of Welsh descent and, therefore, considered a Welshman by his...
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