The Trimming of Goosie
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Charles-Norton Sims has an awkward habit: whenever restlessness takes hold, he begins flapping his arms like a bird. His wife Dolly catches him at it during his morning exercises, and he tries to explain it away. On his way to work, memories of a circus, railway travels and a voyage to Tahiti reveal how often this strange impulse has preceded a break with ordinary life.
James Hopper's comic novel, published in 1909, turns that longing for freedom into a fantasy involving actual wings. The scenes range from the couple's small New York flat to a mountain lake where Charles-Norton swims, fishes and flies, while Dolly sits desolate in their flat. Domestic affection and the urge to escape pull against each other. Readers interested in unusual marriage stories will find everyday household worries placed beside a husband's extraordinary appetite for open space.
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- Author
- James Hopper
- Pages
- 78
- Language
- English
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