The Wife's Story
| "The Wife's Story" | |||
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| Short story by Ursula K. Le Guin | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Language | English | ||
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| Published in | The Compass Rose | ||
| Publication type | Collection | ||
| Publisher | Pendragon Press | ||
| Media type | Hardback | ||
| Publication date | 1982 | ||
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"The Wife's Story" is a short story written by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Plot summary
Written in a vernacular first-person narrative, the title character (who is eventually revealed to be a wolf) describes her beloved spouse and their idyllic family life in the past tense, except during the new moon, when he mysteriously disappeared. She then relates the night she witnessed his metamorphosis into a human and screamed in horror, resulting in her family and neighbors chasing and killing him.
Interpretation
The story is unusual for its
denouement
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References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Cadden, Mike (2005). Ursula K. Le Guin Beyond Genre: Fiction for Children and Adults (1st ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-99527-2.
- Bourgault du Coudray, Chantal (2006). The Curse of the Werewolf: Fantasy, Horror and the Beast Within (1st ed.). New York, NY: I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1845111571.
- ISBN 978-1604730937.
- Gelfante, Blanche H. (2004). The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story (1st ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231110990.
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