Paul's Case e-bok

Willa Cather's short story "Paul's Case" was published in 1905 in McClure's Magazine. In its original iteration, the story was titled "Paul's Case: A Study in Temperament," but it was later shortened to the current title. The book is about a boy's desire to escape what he sees as a dull and stifling environment and the tragic results of this. The main character, Paul, is a sensitive high-school student who despises his middle-class home and family and regards the art world as a glamorous alternative to his middle-class existence. He goes to art galleries, concert halls, and theatres until his father cuts him off from these and sends him to work in an office. Paul steals money from the firm and runs away to New York. There, he buys himself elegant clothes and rents a luxurious room in the Waldorf Hotel. Finally, his father is coming to find him. When Paul learns this, believing that his idyllic life is over, he commits suicide. Wilella Sibert Cather was born in Back Creek Valley (Gore), Virginia. She grew up in Virginia and Nebraska. She attended the University of Nebraska, and initially she planned to become a physician. But then she wrote an article for the Nebraska State Journal, after which she became a regular contributor to this journal. As a result of this, she changed her major and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English. She graduated in 1894. After that, she worked in Pittsburgh as writer for various publications and as a school teacher for approximately 13 years, after which she moved to New York City for the remainder of her life. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, 'One of Ours' (1922). She travelled widely and often spent summers in New Brunswick, Canada. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943. In 1944, Cather received the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, an award given once a decade for an author's total accomplishments. She died of a cerebral haemorrhage at the age of 73.