When was the furnished room published

Some rise far enough to fly away from its shackles and yet there are others who make it their home. A true tale in the classic sense. It was eerie and gothic.

The language seems to start out slow and creeps along soon gathering speed like a runaway train, climaxing and coming back to the station. That was the sense I got. The end was dark but somehow perfect. Oct 04, K. Anna Kraft rated it really liked it. I've arranged my thoughts on this short story into a haiku: "Sometimes it's on point, That eerie whispering sense, Even when too late.

Nov 10, Billie rated it it was amazing. Creepy and deep. A bit sad. A great short story from beginning to end. Oct 27, Ann rated it it was ok. Hmm, seems that he would have done the same thing whether or not he was informed of the twist. Apr 06, Gary rated it really liked it. Henry does sorrow, too. Oct 06, Afra added it. Well that was sad! Dec 03, Rahat Rubayet rated it really liked it. I felt the story as if it were happening in front of my very eyes.

Sep 05, Edil Christian rated it it was amazing Shelves: short-story. There was a pain in my heart, as if i am the one in the story, felt so real and raw and hard to forget. Never expected this kind of work from O. Henry but he was a genuis and he proved it. Jul 05, Vaishali rated it it was ok Shelves: american-fiction. The far-too copious description lost me to the extent that I had to read a summary afterwards :. Jun 07, Scott Doherty rated it really liked it.

This coupled with the striking imbalance of the sweet and ghostly scent of marionette made for an altogether anxious, lonely and chilling story of the struggles and uncertainties that young people face, in search of self and identity. May 19, Tim Pendry rated it it was ok Shelves: horror , literature-general , twentieth-century , north-american. A rather dull if well written O. Henry can do no other minor romantic horror tale from , perhaps interesting as a snapshot of a world of rooming houses rather than as a desperate failed love story.

The classic O. Henry 'twist at the end' is all too predictable but then we have had over a century of ghostly and horror tropes since. We can expect that it would have been a bit more of a shock to periodical readers then than it is today. Jun 28, E rated it really liked it.

The ending is classic for this type of story, so the stars are for the use of language that makes the reader feel uncomfortable and at odds. It's creepy, but not nexeyin the way that would make you sleep with the light on. It feels vaguely familiar - it's one of may have read ages ago, or just because of its time period and style is familiar.

Jan 10, Per rated it really liked it Shelves: gutenberg , weird-tales. Weird Tales reprint of a short story from Seems like the Goodreads page count is off by a factor of A different kind of sad ghost story. Oct 23, Jennifer rated it it was ok Shelves: short-stories. Rather dull short story with an abrupt ending. Man looking for his sweetheart.

Pg count seems off. Not a bad story. A surprise ending is always my favorite part. This was classified as horror but it just seemed like fiction to me. Apr 11, Andrea rated it really liked it. The story was a bit eerie up until the end where everything fell into place and realized that the story was glum after all.

May 16, Kevin rated it it was ok Shelves: short-stories , s. It's like a less interesting version of Roald Dahl's "The Landlady. Jun 02, Rachel rated it it was ok. As he sits down and tries to relax, he suddenly smells the strong, sweet scent of mignonette. A smell he recognizes as a scent Eloise used to wear.

He suddenly knows, with complete conviction, that Eloise has been in this room. He finds minor traces of many people, but nothing that belongs to Eloise. Defeated, he returns to his room and finds it quiet. The perfume and the spirit are gone, leaving only a musty odor. Drained and broken, he tears his bedsheet into strips and uses it to block the door and window. Turning the gas on at full blast, he goes to sleep and awaits death. Downstairs, the housekeeper tells the friend about the new tenant, and the friend asks if he knows what happened in that room last week.

It seems that the week before a tenant killed herself in that room - a young woman who had a mole by her left eyebrow. Related summaries: books by O. Henry After Twenty Years. Life will go on as normal for those in the house and Mrs Purdy will lie again to the next occupant of the room. Who like the young man will never know the true story of the previous occupant. My impression of the boy after reading the story is that he is desperate to make a connection with Eloise.

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Henry Stories of Ourselves. Really good analysis! Well thought out and elaborated. Dermot Post Author February 19, am.

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