Potts's Painless Cure by Edward Bellamy

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Author Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898
Title Potts's Painless Cure
1898
Note Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits Produced by David Widger
Summary "Potts's Painless Cure" by Edward Bellamy is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story is set in a college environment and explores themes of love, social interaction, and the complexities of personal relationships. It centers around the protagonist, George Hunt, and his unconventional approach to ending a romantic relationship with Annie, a girl he feels he cannot marry. In the narrative, George Hunt grapples with his feelings for Annie, a kind and earnest girl who has fallen deeply in love with him. Despite initially enjoying her affection, he realizes he does not want to marry and devises a plan to dissuade her love by pretending to be insipid and arrogant. Conducting this "experiment," he engages in increasingly absurd behavior, hoping to make himself unattractive to her. However, as he distances himself from her affection through calculated insincerity, he discovers his own feelings have changed, leading to a climax where his prior schemes culminate in an unexpected revelation of love. Ultimately, his deceptive actions backfire, and he loses Annie, who confronts him angrily, forcing him to confront the depth of his feelings and the impact of his misguided attempts to "cure" her affection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Short stories
Subject United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 22707
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 26, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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