A Woman on a Roof (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Doris Lessing
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Plot: Sketch
- Time of Work: A June week during the early 1960's
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Harry, Stanley, Tom, A woman sunbather
- Genres: Short fiction, Sketch
- Subjects: 1960’s, England or English people, London, Weather, Voyeurism, Summer, Heat
- Locales: London, England
The Story
This is the story of seven days during a June heat wave in London. One day, three men repairing the roof of an apartment building in the baking sun see a woman sunning herself on an adjoining roof. Taking advantage of her apparent privacy, she undoes the scarf covering her breasts. When Harry, the oldest worker, leaves to borrow a blanket to put up for shade, Stanley and the seventeen-year-old Tom let out wolf whistles at the woman, but she ignores them. At the end of the day, first Stanley, then Tom, goes to the end of the roof to spy on the woman. Stanley makes a...
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