The Wanderers (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alun Lewis
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The 1930's
- Setting: Wales
- Principal Characters: Micah, The Gipsy, Mam, Johnny Onions
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Children, Sex or sexuality, Domestic violence, Adultery, Stereotypes, Gypsies
- Locales: Wales
The Story
Although this story focuses primarily on the marital relations of a Gypsy and his Welsh wife, the central character is the small child, Micah, for he is the one most affected by his parents’ passions. The plot is simple. A Welsh woman has married the Gipsy, obviously because she was pregnant with the boy Micah, but also because, as she says, she does not like to live in houses. Their life, which gives the story its title, is one of wandering, peddling, haggling, and hiring themselves as laborers out whenever possible.
The central event of the story occurs...
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