Genre
Short story
Setting and Context
London in the 1930s.
Narrator and Point of View
An unnamed, third-person omniscient narrator.
Tone and Mood
The tone is romantic; the mood is tense.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Egbert is the protagonist; Evangeline is the antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the novel occurs when Egbert manages to fall in love with Evangeline while he is supposed to be recovering.
Climax
The climax of the story is reached when the couple breaks up and part ways, just like in the novel that Evangeline is writing.
Foreshadowing
The break down of Evangeline is foreshadowed by the fact that she meets Egbert again.
Understatement
The role of love is understated throughout the novel.
Allusions
The story alludes to the romantic relationship between a literary critic and a novelist.
Imagery
The imagery of carefully crafted words s present in the novel.
Paradox
The fact that Egbert is meant to be recovering, yet falls in love is an example of paradox in the story.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The novel Evangeline has written is a metonym for their relationship.
Personification
N/A
