It ends with the omniscient narrator describing the return of the luxury steamer Atlantis through a storm.
It ends with the omniscient narrator describing the return of the luxury steamer Atlantis through a storm. A party is in full swing, yet the revelers are unaware that the title figure rides in the hold below them. Just a week ago he had begun his triumphant trip to the old world. He had a sallow face, big teeth gleaming with gold fillings, and an ivory head; he smoked Havana cigars and lusted after the French ladies on board. Joined by his wife, a large American woman who has reaped the rewards of the coolies who labor night and day for him; and a daughter, who is smitten by an Asian crown prince, his life ends before it truly begins when he dies in a hotel in Capri. FTP, name this naturalistic short story about a wannabe aristocrat from California, a work by Ivan Bunin.
It ends with the omniscient narrator describing the return of the luxury steamer Atlantis through a storm.
“The {Gentleman from San Francisco}”