Olde Gold Antiques And Collectibles In Stones By William Bell

The novel Stones was written by William Bell who was a Canadian author that sadly passed away in 2016, June the thirtieth. He published several other books and many carry the same theme of darkness in them as Stones does, an example being his other book, Five Days of the Ghost. However, his novel Stones remains his most studied book in high school English courses. In this novel, Garnet, who is the main character, works in his father’s antique shop. The setting of this antique shop, called Olde Gold Antiques and Collectibles, and how the business works, is skillfully built and William Bell creates the detailed scenes using references to different senses; sight, hearing, and touch. As we are being introduced to the antique shop in chapter six,
His first description of sound, “there was a brass bell hanging over the front door that summoned me from the workshop when somebody came in” (William) and his second description using hearing, “I put a Mozart CD on the stereo and switched on the electric heater in the shop” (William). These descriptions add more detail to the shop and breathe some life into it. The mix of an occasional ding of the bell, classical music, and the gentle buzz of the heater, is helping shape up what seems to be a very cozy and inviting
He creates the scene using references to senses such as sight, hearing, and touch. Bell begins by using the sense sight to describe the exterior and the interior of the cozy shop. Then he moves on to using hearing, to give the reader an even further idea of what the shop is like. Furthermore, he uses touch as another highly effective descriptor in his scenes and gives us a great idea of how the shop functions and how business was “transacted in a time warp” (William). His cadence in writing makes the developing of the setting engaging as he ensnares the senses and the imagination of the reader to give them a perfectly painted image of this small yet cozy and welcoming