Wild Swans (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Munro
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: Possibly the late 1940's
- Setting: West Hanratty, a small town outside Toronto
- Principal Characters: Rose, Flo, A United Church minister
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Teenagers, Sex or sexuality, Reality, Fantasy, Trains
- Locales: Toronto, Canada
The Story
Before leaving for the first time by herself on a trip to Toronto, paid for from the prize money she won in her school essay competition, young Rose, the protagonist, is warned by Flo against various sexual dangers that could befall a young woman traveling alone. Flo, a motherly, talkative woman—Rose's stepmother in Who Do You Think You Are? (1978), Alice Munro's collection of linked short stories from which “Wild Swans” is taken—warns Rose particularly against white slavers who commonly disguise themselves as ministers of the Church. Rose is skeptical,...
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