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June 20, 2016. “The Demon Lover”. by. Elizabeth Bowen. Toward the end of her day in London Mrs. Drover went round to her shut-up house to look for several things she wanted to take away. Some belonged to herself, some to her family, who were by now used to their country life. It was late August; it had been a steamy, showery day: At the ...
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The Demon Lover. It is late August during the Second World War, and Kathleen Drover has returned to her house in London. She has come to collect items she will bring back to her family, who are currently living in the countryside to avoid bombings in the city. Inside, Mrs. Drover marvels at how deteriorated the house has become and how strange ...
Analysis. Kathleen Drover, a woman in her forties, has returned to her house in London during the Second World War. She has come to collect items that she will bring back to her family in the country, where they are living to avoid the bombs being dropped on the city. She reflects on how her family has grown accustomed to life in the country ...
Jul 9, 2022 · A short story based on a folk ballad about a woman haunted by her dead fiancé during World War II. The story explores themes of war, love, and identity, and invites multiple interpretations of the supernatural or psychological nature of the encounter.
Elizabeth Bowen. 3.58. 683 ratings68 reviews. Mrs. Kathleen Drover has come back to her house in London to pick up a a few things that were left behind when she and her husband fled the bombing of London by the Germans in 1940-1941. What ensues is not what she expected from this mundane trip. Genres Short Stories Classics Fiction Horror Gothic ...
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Douglas A. Hughes argues in “Cracks in the Psyche: Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘The Demon Lover’,” in the Fall 1993 issue of Studies in Short Fiction, that Mrs. Drover has a breakdown after her ...
