The MonsterThe Monster
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Streaming Audiobook, 2011
Current format, Streaming Audiobook, 2011, Unabridged., Available.Streaming Audiobook, 2011
Current format, Streaming Audiobook, 2011, Unabridged., Available. Offered in 0 more formats"The Monster" is considered one of Crane's top four stories, but is left out of many collections. Do not miss it. A wonderful telling of the town of Whilomville in which Henry Johnson lives and other Crane stories are set as well such as The Knife. Henry is a friend of the Doctor's son, Jimmie. They mutually discuss the Doctor, his doings, and their shortcomings. Henry takes care of the Doctor's place, drives him on his country rounds, and serves as a mentor to Jimmie. Henry is a handsome Black man respected and watched in the community. He has style and panache. He struts like a lord in his finery while having a good word for everyone. One night there is a terrible fire, which turns out to be at the Doctor's. Henry bravely saves Jimmie, but is permanent scarred in the process. The town is scarred of Henry because of his disfigurement. The Doctor stands up to him because he can. However, the tragic last scene, as memorable as any disappointment in literature, is when his wife has invited 16 women over for her Wednesday tea and only one showed up. This one is the wife of the grocer who warns the Doctor that he had better get Henry out of town or he will be ostracized. To console his wife he says, "Don't cry Grace. Don't cry." In addition, went on "As he sat holding her head on his shoulder, Trescott (The Doctor) found himself occasionally trying to count the cups. There were fifteen of them." Those 15 cups represent them being cast out of the town's center forevermore. This story is another Crane beauty.
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- [United States] : Simply Magazine : Made available through hoopla, 2011.
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