The narrator talks about how he came to know more about Charles Strickland after his sudden disappearance. Strickland’s wife, distressed and confused, turns to the narrator for help in locating her husband.She explains that Strickland left with no explanation, just a note saying he wouldn’t be coming back. She’s more concerned about the scandal and public embarrassment than the emotional loss,
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Strickland is a London stockbroker—respectable, unremarkable, and emotionally distant.• His wife is portrayed as socially ambitious, proper, and devoted to her role as a hostess and mother.• They have children and live in a comfortable home, adhering to the expectations of bourgeois life.• Their marriage is practical, not passionate. Strickland plays the part of husband and father but is inwardly detached and discontent.
Stricklands life with his Wife
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the narrator meets Charles Strickland in Paris at a small, shabby hotel where Strickland is staying. The narrator describes the place as uncomfortable and poorly kept — a far cry from the comfortable home Strickland left behind in London.Strickland is living in near-poverty, in a tiny, poorly furnished room, but he seems completely unconcerned with his surroundings or physical comfort.
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