From W.S. by L.P. Hartley
Pyatachev E.G.
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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 Novelist's Responsibility", a collection of critical essays. L.P. Hartley was a highly skilled narrator and all his tales are admirably told. "W.S." comes from "The Complete Short Stories of L.P. Hartley" published posthumously in 1973. The content of the story tells for us about the writer-novelist who gets one after the other four postcards with messages from anonymous and starts thinking them over. Messages written on them start off friendly but gradually become more ominous. They are all signed W.S. and originate from locations that are moving steadily closer to the recipient. Strange coincidences regarding these notes cause him to question his own sanity, as well as to ponder possible supernatural origins of its sender. The theme of the text – Spiritual crisis of strained main character, precipitated by mysterious postcards coming from unknown places The idea of the extract is that writer’s work and creation of images can often produce the doppelganger effect. The plot of the story can be expressed the following: the protagonist receives messages-cards from the fan. It blows up his interest - Who could be there? Interest varies with panic mood and then the suspicion to psychological bifurcation is born. The hero searches the help with the friends, psychiatrist, police. In the conclusion search of the fan go to
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 Novelist's Responsibility", a collection of critical essays. L.P. Hartley was a highly skilled narrator and all his tales are admirably told. "W.S." comes from "The Complete Short Stories of L.P. Hartley" published posthumously in 1973. The content of the story tells for us about the writer-novelist who gets one after the other four postcards with messages from anonymous and starts thinking them over. Messages written on them start off friendly but gradually become more ominous. They are all signed W.S. and originate from locations that are moving steadily closer to the recipient. Strange coincidences regarding these notes cause him to question his own sanity, as well as to ponder possible supernatural origins of its sender. The theme of the text – Spiritual crisis of strained main character, precipitated by mysterious postcards coming from unknown places The idea of the extract is that writer’s work and creation of images can often produce the doppelganger effect. The plot of the story can be expressed the following: the protagonist receives messages-cards from the fan. It blows up his interest - Who could be there? Interest varies with panic mood and then the suspicion to psychological bifurcation is born. The hero searches the help with the friends, psychiatrist, police. In the conclusion search of the fan go to