tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post3225300737891671649..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Short Story Wednesday: THE STORY OF AN HOUR, Kate Chopinpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36188147582884999182022-08-11T08:32:30.521-04:002022-08-11T08:32:30.521-04:00That makes it trickier. That makes it trickier. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53967386453113811662022-08-10T19:36:07.478-04:002022-08-10T19:36:07.478-04:00Though we might also contend she was anticipating ...Though we might also contend she was anticipating Chekhov's pistol, a bit, since she cited the protagonist's heart problem at the opening...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24787638539925829142022-08-10T18:51:10.838-04:002022-08-10T18:51:10.838-04:00That would work!
Meanwhile, a stealth SSW:
https...That would work! <br /><br />Meanwhile, a stealth SSW:<br />https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2022/08/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-astounding.htmlTodd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59334399478241865402022-08-10T17:38:53.539-04:002022-08-10T17:38:53.539-04:00I kind of like this.
Some one was opening the fr...I kind of like this. <br /><br />Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood amazed at Josephine's piercing cry.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-25434616577479222252022-08-10T17:37:03.409-04:002022-08-10T17:37:03.409-04:00Or too much the Gift of the Magi type of story wit...Or too much the Gift of the Magi type of story with that ending. I might like it to go unsaid. He just returns and we are left to wonder what happens next. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84959746739797427322022-08-10T17:35:06.834-04:002022-08-10T17:35:06.834-04:00I like her too!
I don't know, Todd. It is almo...I like her too!<br />I don't know, Todd. It is almost too neat. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-50317533574187372142022-08-10T16:38:07.340-04:002022-08-10T16:38:07.340-04:00I read Chopin's THE AWAKENING in college, but ...I read Chopin's THE AWAKENING in college, but not the short stories. That too had a less than happy end, as I recall.<br /><br />(By the way, I did not want to comment this morning, because we weren't home and every time I comment using the phone, I end up listed as Anonymous.)<br /><br />I finished the British Library collection mentioned last time (GUILTY CREATURES) and I'm reading another collection edited by Martin Edwards (does the man ever sleep?), this one a CWA collection with a music theme, MUSIC OF THE NIGHT. Nothing special so far.<br /><br />Also reading and enjoying the Emma Straub collection (OTHER PEOPLE WE MARRIED). "Fly-Over State" finds an unhapy (and probably depressed) Sophie in Wisconsin, where her husband has landed a job teaching college freshmen English. There is a lot of snark and some sarcasm in this amusing (if occasionally downbeat) story. In "A Map of Modern Palm Springs" two sisters, seven years apart, meet in California for a vacation, told from the younger sister's viewpoint. The more I read of Straub's writing, the more I like her.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-57885224885061654162022-08-10T16:25:14.140-04:002022-08-10T16:25:14.140-04:00I think, and suspect she thought, not so much that...I think, and suspect she thought, not so much that "I better punish her for market reasons" so much as it heightens her point.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19753431931409427472022-08-10T13:34:12.449-04:002022-08-10T13:34:12.449-04:00I read a short story that had a similar ending yea...I read a short story that had a similar ending years ago ... the woman in the book tried to escape from a bad marriage and ended up imprisoned in it. I was put off short stories for a long time after that because the twist really bothered me. <br /><br />I do need to read the novels and some of the short stories of Kate Chopin.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-10167759097621188292022-08-10T08:08:34.251-04:002022-08-10T08:08:34.251-04:00I've read some Kate Chopin and felt like many ...I've read some Kate Chopin and felt like many of her stories were constrained by the current social conditions.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88267475569537627532022-08-10T07:09:51.079-04:002022-08-10T07:09:51.079-04:00Oh, it does sound beautiful, Patti! I hadn't r...Oh, it does sound beautiful, Patti! I hadn't read her short stories before. Perhaps I ought to look them up...Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.com