miss brill
The Jardins Publiques (Public Gardens) in a French town on an early autumn Sunday afternoon is the setting for "Miss Brill." The air is still, but there is a "faint chill, like a chill from a glass of iced water before you sip," so Miss Brill is happy to have worn her fur stole. ... " Miss Brill watches the people in the park with delight. ... "Miss Brill" presents an afternoon in the life of a middle-aged spinster. ... Anticipating the conversation of two strangers who sit down next to her, Miss Brills vivacious mood is shattered by the couples ndicule for her and her fur. ... Alienation and Loneliness Though Miss Brill does not reveal it in her thoughts, her behavior indicates that she is a lonely woman. ... Even her name, Miss Brill, suggests an isolating formality; "Miss Brill" is set in the "Jardins Publiques," the French term for public garden, or park. Miss Bnll, through her name and the indication that she tutors students in English, is revealed to be a non-native of France, and thus an outsider from the start.