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The Heir
Written by:
Vita Sackville-West
Narrated by:
Lee Smalley
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Release Date
December 2019
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5 hours 9 minutes
Summary
This collectionÕs title is taken from its first story, a novella, which is followed by four shorter tales, all expertly and sensitively drawn.
Story 1, ÒThe Heir,Ó concerns an inheritance as told from the point of view of the heir, an unmarried middle-aged man. Its subtitle, ÒA Love Story,Ó is not a reference to another person but to the inheritance.
Story 2, ÒThe Christmas Party,Ó tells of a longtime family alienation and separation followed by a shocking reunion.
Story 3, ÒPatience,Ó is a touching tale of an apparently ÒcomfortableÓ marriage, but where the husband tends to lapse into his secret memories of a long-past love. The title is the name both of a version of Solitaire that his wife often plays and of her coping with her husbandÕs curious mental absences.
Story 4, ÒHer Son,Ó is the poignant story of an aging mother eagerly planning for the future with her long-absent son, now returning but with his own private ideas.
Story 5, ÒThe Parrot,Ó is a short allegory about the unremitting need for freedom.
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Poignant, melancholy unhappy stories…
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