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The Pond

Saki

First published December 2006
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Mona has a personality that revels in morbid imaginings and dramatizes unhappiness. She has plenty of scope for unhappiness after she marries a very earthbound man who makes no attempt to understand her. And when she discovers a dark and secret pond on their farm, her mind fixates on it.

First published in the Bystander, February 21, 1912.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 2006 Cover A Shot in the Dark Hesperus Press Collection |7