Mr and Mrs Dove
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Mr and Mrs Dove is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Sphere on 28 November 1921, and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories.[1]
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[edit] Plot summary
Reginald is returning to Rhodesia the next day; it is his last day in England. Again he thinks of Anne; then he goes to Colonel Proctor's to say goodbye, and he is greeted by Anne, her parents being away. On seeing him she gives out a peal of laughter, then he tells her he is leaving. They both of them look at her doves; Mr Dove is always running after Mrs Dove. Reginald asks her if she likes him, and she says she cannot marry him; her partner shows up; on parting she calls him again, and he goes back to her, as Mr Dove would do.
[edit] Characters
- Reginald, the young man; he works on a fruit farm in Rhodesia. He is wan-looking because of his job.
- Anne, the coveted girl. She is Colonel Proctor's daughter, and she lives in England with her parents.
- Colonel Proctor, Anne's father.
- Uncle Alick, deceased.
- the mother's widowed mother, who lives in England.
[edit] Major themes
- love
- anthropomorphism
[edit] Literary significance
The text is written in the modernist mode, without a set structure, and with many shifts in the narrative.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Katherine Mansfield, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics, explanatory notes
[edit] External links
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