Reginald is woken up by his wife for breakfast. He is irritated by his wife who is very polite with him. He has a bath, sings for a bit and fathoms he could be an opera singer. The couple then have a minor spat over the fact that she cooks for him, instead of having a servant doing it for them. After receiving a letter of admiration from Aenone Fell, he gives a lesson to Miss Brittle, then to the Countess Wilkowska, and to Miss Marian Morrow. He then goes to Lord Timbuck's party with his students for dinner. When he gets home he thinks his wife an ingrate for not celebrating his 'triumph', whilst it so happens that he did not even tell her he would be away for dinner.
Charactersedit
Reginald Peacock, a singing teacher.
His wife
Adrian, Reginald's son.
Aenone Fell, a student of Reginald's.
Miss Betty Brittle, a student of Reginald's.
The Countess Wilkowska, a student of Reginald's.
Miss Marian Morrow, a student of Reginald's.
Lord Timbuck
Major themesedit
Married life
Literary significanceedit
The text is written in the modernist mode, without a set structure, and with many shifts in the narrative.
References to other worksedit
Reginald says George Meredith's poem Love in the Valley in his morning bath, though it is misquoted.[2]
reginald, peacock, 1920, short, story, katherine, mansfield, first, published, june, 1917, later, reprinted, bliss, other, stories, contents, plot, summary, characters, major, themes, literary, significance, references, other, works, footnotes, external, links. Mr Reginald Peacock s Day is a 1920 short story by Katherine Mansfield It was first published in the New Age on 14 June 1917 and later reprinted in Bliss and Other Stories 1 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Characters 3 Major themes 4 Literary significance 5 References to other works 6 Footnotes 7 External linksPlot summary editReginald is woken up by his wife for breakfast He is irritated by his wife who is very polite with him He has a bath sings for a bit and fathoms he could be an opera singer The couple then have a minor spat over the fact that she cooks for him instead of having a servant doing it for them After receiving a letter of admiration from Aenone Fell he gives a lesson to Miss Brittle then to the Countess Wilkowska and to Miss Marian Morrow He then goes to Lord Timbuck s party with his students for dinner When he gets home he thinks his wife an ingrate for not celebrating his triumph whilst it so happens that he did not even tell her he would be away for dinner Characters editReginald Peacock a singing teacher His wife Adrian Reginald s son Aenone Fell a student of Reginald s Miss Betty Brittle a student of Reginald s The Countess Wilkowska a student of Reginald s Miss Marian Morrow a student of Reginald s Lord TimbuckMajor themes editMarried lifeLiterary significance editThe text is written in the modernist mode without a set structure and with many shifts in the narrative References to other works editReginald says George Meredith s poem Love in the Valley in his morning bath though it is misquoted 2 He also refers to Richard Wagner s opera Lohengrin With the Countess Wilkowska he sings John Dowland s song from The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires though it is misquoted 3 Footnotes edit Katherine Mansfield Selected Stories Oxford World s Classics explanatory notes Katherine Mansfield Selected Stories Oxford World s Classics explanatory notes Katherine Mansfield Selected Stories Oxford World s Classics explanatory notesExternal links editFull text nbsp This article about a short story or stories published in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mr Reginald Peacock 27s Day amp oldid 1178952881, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
