Young Archimedes (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Plot: Sketch
- Time of Work: The 1920's
- Setting: Florence, Italy
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Signora Bondi, Guido
- Genres: Short fiction, Sketch
- Subjects: Children, Parents and children, Suicide, Europe or Europeans, Music or musicians, Genius, 1920’s, England or English people, Adoption or adopted children, Landlords or tenants, Italy or Italians, Boys, Mathematics or mathematicians
- Locales: Florence, Italy
The Story
The narrator and his wife, a young English couple, rent a house outside of Florence because of its astounding view. When they first consider the property, the landlady, Signora Bondi, seems charming and insists that everything in the house is in perfect working order. Once they move in, however, they discover that the house has many problems. Particularly annoying is a broken pump that makes it impossible to run bathwater. Repeated visits to Signora Bondi's house bring only the answer that she is “out” or “indisposed.” The couple are thus forced to communicate...
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