tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post5040156174576256679..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: "The Chosen Husband" - A Short Story by Mavis Gallant, first published in The New Yorker, April 15, 1985Mel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-37614808857727916362020-04-25T03:17:22.436+08:002020-04-25T03:17:22.436+08:00Wow, thank you for making the conversion from $180...Wow, thank you for making the conversion from $18000 Cdn dollars in 1933 to today's dollars. I knew it was a substantial sum, but I hadn't grasped just how much more comfortable the Carettes' life would be after that inheritance. <br /><br />Her humour really comes through here. I loved the line about the caramel and the quiet judgements about the quality of chocolates brought by suitor(s). In the collection's "From Cloud to Cloud", we learn that happens next (kind of) and I was a little surprised. Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-10895021935355563122020-04-18T03:11:51.782+08:002020-04-18T03:11:51.782+08:00sort of a wry sense of humor coupled with a larger...sort of a wry sense of humor coupled with a larger than usual objective viewpoint... interesting...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.com