The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy

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A Topical Guide to the Personal History

Topical Guide 144

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Eric Kraft
Dec 2, 2021
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Character Traits: False Modesty, Narcissism, Pugnacity

     Clarissa was speaking. “I’m sure Peter’s going to have a hard time choosing someone to play Cordelia,” she said. “It’s such an important part. I think Cordelia’s even more important than King Lear. It scares me just to think of playing her, doesn’t it scare you?”
     “Oh, no,” said Veronica. “My mother told me that she was sure I would do a wonderful job as Cordelia.”
     “Oh, how I wish I had your self-confidence,” said Clarissa. “Every time I think of playing Cordelia I shiver. I’m glad I’m working behind the scenes. I’d be scared to death if I had to play one of the big roles. I just don’t think that I could do a good enough job, do you?” …
     Spike spoke …. “I figure that I better get that part. I wish Peter would get here. I want to—um—talk it over with him.” She snickered and cracked her knuckles.

Little Follies, “The Girl with the White Fur Muff”

William Frederick Yeames, Cordelia, 1888 (Wikimedia Commons)
Edwin Austin Abbey, “King Lear, Act I, Scene I,” 1898 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Detail of the above, the three sisters, Cordelia on the right

[more to come on Friday, December 3, 2021]

Have you missed an episode or two or several?

  • You can begin reading at the beginning or you can catch up by visiting the archive or consulting the index to the Topical Guide.

  • You can listen to the episodes on the Personal History podcast. Begin at the beginning or scroll through the episodes to find what you’ve missed.

  • At Apple Books you can download free eBooks of “My Mother Takes a Tumble,” “Do Clams Bite?,” “Life on the Bolotomy,” “The Static of the Spheres,” and “The Fox and the Clam,” the first five novellas in Little Follies.

  • You’ll find an overview of the entire work in  An Introduction to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy. It’s a pdf document.

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