From W.S. by L.P. Hartley - 1397 Words

Pyatachev E.G. Text Three From W.S. Leslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972), the son of a solicitor, was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford and for more than twenty years from 1932 was a fiction reviewer for such periodicals as the Spectator; Sketch, Observer and Time and Tide. He published his first book, a collection of short stories entitled Night Fears in 1924. His novel Eustace and Hilda (1947) was recognized immediately as a major contribution to English fiction; The Go-Between (1953) and The Hireling (1957) were later made into internationally successful films. In 1967 he published The Novelists Responsibility, a collection of critical essays. L.P. Hartley was a highly skilled narrator and all his†¦show more content†¦The text can be logically divided into only one part: the story itself. According to this kind of division the fragment has opened plot structure. We can also divide the text into the following unities: 1. The postcards 2. Anonymous correspondent 3. Wondering 4. Difficulties 5. The woman 6. Piece of him 7. Panic 8. Police Chronotop (time and place). The events of the story take place in the middle of 20th century. Actions are happened in district of Coventry. Places are mentioned such as: Forfar; Berwick-on-Tweed; York Minster-Lincoln Cathedral. Compositional design. a) Plot structure The exposition starts from the very beginning of the text and ends with the words: Walter Streeter pondered over this and began to wander about the sender. Was his correspondent a man or a woman? Then comes complication where we find out the gradation from: â€Å"And as the days passed he became uncomfortably aware of self-division, as though someone had taken hold of his personality and was pulling it apart. His work was no longer homogeneous, there were two strains in it, unreconciled and opposing, and it went much slower as he tried to resolve the discord.† The climax of the story is similar to transit of transformation with phrases: For the fist time it struck him that, the initials were his own†¦His friend said: â€Å"The womans a lunatic. Im sure its a woman†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦HeShow MoreRelatedInterpretation and Analysis of â€Å"from W. S.† by L.P.Hartley748 Words   |  3 Pagesextract from the novel â€Å"From W. S.† by L.P.Hartley, a British writer, known for  novels  and  short stories. L.P. Hartley was a highly skilled narrator and all his tales are admirably told. As a contemporary reviewer remarked, â€Å"not only does he portray the exterior of social life with a novelist’s sharp eye for detail, but he also explores the underworld of fears and fantasies through which we wander in our ugliest dreams†. â€Å"From W.S.† comes from â€Å"The Complete Short Stories of L. P. Hartley† published