Wicked Girl (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Isabel Allende
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: South America, probably Chile
- Principal Characters: Elena Mejias, Her mother, Juan Jose Bernal
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Girls, Mothers, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Music or musicians, Obsession, Singing or singers, South America or South Americans
- Locales: South America, Chile
The Story
Elena is a nondescript, self-absorbed eleven-year-old who helps her mother run a boardinghouse. No one, including her mother, notices her unless some chore must be done. One of Elena's responsibilities is to spy on guests to ensure that their behavior conforms to her mother's standards. Elena and her mother speak to each other infrequently, but when they do, their conversations revolve around Elena's reports. Her mother, as crafty as Elena, knows when the girl embellishes what she overhears and sees.
Their routines begin to change when a singer, Juan Jose...
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