"A Silas Idyll."
An escapade of the young Uncle Silas, master thatcher of barns and houses, stacks and lych-gates, in which he slips into a dressmakers shop and flirts with twenty girls while their supervisor is out. The tale includes colorful touches related to thatching and dressmaking. In My Uncle Silas (1939), Fair Stood the Wind for France Together with Two Short Stories (1971). Reprinted in Argosy (December 1942).
ID:
b128
Title:
"A Silas Idyll."
Genre:
Story
Page Count:
5
Word Count:
ca. 1550
Publisher:
Argosy
Year of Publication:
1939
Topic:
Boyhood
Document Type:
Comic Fiction
First-Person Narratives
Uncle Silas Stories