The Blush (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Coles
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The late 1950's
- Setting: A village outside of London
- Principal Characters: Mrs. Ruth Allen, Mr. Humphrey Allen, Mrs. Lacey, Mr. Lacey
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Husbands, Wives, Twentieth century, Marriage, Alienation, Class consciousness, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, England or English people, Upper classes, Adultery, Women, Fantasy, London, Truthfulness and falsehood, Domestic work or workers, Western Europe or western Europeans, Homemakers
- Locales: London, England
The Story
Mrs. Ruth Allen is contemplating the disappointments of her married life. She has always longed for children and imagined raising them according to her upper-middle-class English lifestyle. However, for reasons not divulged in the story, she has remained childless.
In contrast, her housekeeper, Mrs. Lacey, complains about her own brood of three children, who appear to fall short of her expectations. However, the reader learns that she has rather neglected her children when they were little. While her children went hungry and asked for food from the villagers,...
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