Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (short story) Overview
“Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage” is a short story by Alice Munro originally published in 2001 in the story collection of the same name. The story follows Johanna Parry, a Scottish immigrant to Canada. She works as a housekeeper and begins a long-distance correspondence with a man named Ken. Ken, however, is unaware of the correspondence, as the letters are being written by Ken’s daughter as a prank. The story explores themes of love, solitude, companionship, friendship, and chance.
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Five books published in fourteen years have firmly established Alice Munro among Canada's best writers of prose fiction. Her form is the short story, and her material is largely the experience of a gi...
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