"WHO STEALS MY PURSE"
Sir-yYour correspondents "Three Dumb Clucks" ask for an explanation of the plot of the excellent short story Who Steals My Purse written by A. P.
Gaskell and printed in The Listener’ fot November 14. At the risk of explaining the obvious and revealing my lack of the necessary "superior intelligence," 3 would say that the plot is meant to show the misfortune which often befalls a well-meaning but irresolute man like tha "hero," Les Wilson. In this respect the plot is similar to that of Hamlet. To sea the point of Who Steals My Purse, ona must realise that the purpose of thi@ ‘story is to explore the human person+ ality and human relationships ratheg than ‘to narrate an exciting tale. Since the title has no interrogation mark, it is no doubt an ironic evocation of the Shakespearian phrase, "Wha steals my purse steals trash." ©-
F. W.
REEVE
(St. Albans).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 443, 19 December 1947, Page 5
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154"WHO STEALS MY PURSE" New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 443, 19 December 1947, Page 5
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