“Something You Just Don’t Do in a Club,” first published in The New Yorker (April 29, 1961), may seem in its first few pages to be out of touch with the average reader—assuming that the average reader has little experience with or interest in exclusive New York clubs for men of wealth—but the reversals and revelations toward the end of the story are worth the wait. Continue reading Something You Just Don’t Do in a Club
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The Triumph
“The Triumph” was originally published in The New Yorker (February 1, 1941) and is described as Gill’s finest by the article on his fiction in Gale’s Contemporary Novelists. The story is set in Connecticut and is centered on an elderly woman and her daughter clinging to the mores and social distinctions of the Old World in a way that contrasts ironically with their present circumstances. “The Triumph” ends in a subtle revelation of character that exposes a layer to the story the reader may have missed and increases the title’s irony. Continue reading The Triumph