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- ID
- b260
- Title
- "The Courtship."
- Genre
- Story
- Page Count
- 13
- Word Count
- 4000
- Publisher
- Sunday Express
- Publication Year
- 1960
- Document Types
- First-Person Narratives
- Topics
- Marriage, Christmas, Flowers
A story of a flower-vendor's romance, the death of his intended, and the flower he gives the narrator in her memory: "I carried the flower in front of me, carefully, holding it in both hands. It was exactly like a steadfast fragrant candle, pure and white as snow, lighting the outer darkness."
The story has a Christmas theme and was first published on Christmas Day.
In the Sunday Express (December 25, 1960), Pick of Today's Stories (1961), The Wedding Party (1965).
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