The Admirer (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1975
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: “I”, Elizabeth Abigail De Sollar, Oliver Leslie De Sollar, Mrs. Harvey Lemkin, Howard William Moonlight, Dr. Jeffrey Lifshitz
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Legends, Comedy
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story
Elizabeth Abigail de Sollar writes to the narrator to express her admiration for his books. Then she calls to arrange a meeting. In the course of the conversation, he mentions his fondness for Thomas Hardy; she soon sends him a beautifully bound set of Hardy's works. Finally, after a number of delays, she arrives at the narrator's West Side Manhattan apartment.
As she had in her letter, Elizabeth tells the narrator how much she likes his writing. She also gives him another present, a Ouija board, because he seems interested in the occult.
He asks about...
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