Critical Survey of Short Fiction: Italo Calvino - Louise Erdrich |
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... wife . The Merchant's own unhappy marriage experience adds a painfully personal coloration to his tale of the old husband and the young wife . His story of May , Januarie , and the pear tree is well known in the history of the fabliau ...
... wife . The Merchant's own unhappy marriage experience adds a painfully personal coloration to his tale of the old husband and the young wife . His story of May , Januarie , and the pear tree is well known in the history of the fabliau ...
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... wife appears at his doorstep on the day before a major social event that he has planned . He is about to introduce the Blue Vein Soci- ety to a widow , Mrs. Dixon , upon whom he has set his affections . The appearance of Liza Jane , his ...
... wife appears at his doorstep on the day before a major social event that he has planned . He is about to introduce the Blue Vein Soci- ety to a widow , Mrs. Dixon , upon whom he has set his affections . The appearance of Liza Jane , his ...
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... wives . The African wife loves him unconditionally because she has the capac- ity to know and understand him , regardless of his foi- bles . Braboy's Anglo wife was frustrated by what she considered to be irreparable inadequacies in his ...
... wives . The African wife loves him unconditionally because she has the capac- ity to know and understand him , regardless of his foi- bles . Braboy's Anglo wife was frustrated by what she considered to be irreparable inadequacies in his ...
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