The Golden Oriole
The Golden Oriole by Herbert Ernest Bates is a collection of five novellas published by Penguin in 1986. This edition, consisting of 144 pages, presents a blend of comic and atmospheric narratives that explore various facets of human relationships and emotions. The title story features a fragile woman in an unfulfilled marriage who experiences a rekindling of her sensuality through an admirer, while other stories delve into themes of love, dreams, and the complexities of personal connections.
Readers will find a diverse range of tales within this collection, including the psychological exploration in “The Ring of Truth,” where a man confronts his family’s past and discovers love. “The Quiet Girl” portrays an isolated seamstress navigating multiple affairs, while “Mr Featherstone Takes a Ride” and “The World is Too Much With Us” offer comic relief through eccentric characters and their interactions. Additionally, the collection includes the bonus story “Mademoiselle,” which follows the romantic escapades of a French maid. This edition provides a rich exploration of contemporary literature and fiction through its varied narratives.
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In this collection of five novellas, Bates contrasts two comic stories with the atmospheric title story, and includes a complex psychological tale alongside the romantically bleak.
‘The Golden Oriole’ features a fragile and troubled woman, frozen in a stultifying and unconsummated marriage, who finds her sensuality awakened by a virile admirer.
In ‘The Ring of Truth’, a man seeks to understand a disturbing and recurring dream, learns the truth about the lives and marriage of his parents, and in the process falls in love.
‘The Quiet Girl’ sees an isolated seamstress selfishly juggle two passionless affairs, only to fall in love with a man who is just interested in superficial romance.
‘Mr Featherstone Takes a Ride’ is a comic story featuring an amoral and easy-going swindler and an innocent hitchhiking philosophy student. And ‘The World is Too Much With Us’ is another comic tale about a reclusive man and a hen, who live together in domestic bliss until a buxom widow disrupts their eccentric liaison.
The collection also features bonus story ‘Mademoiselle’, the tale of a French maid, hired by an English family, and her romantic escapades.
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