![]() ![]() The story is set during the Great Depression in the US in the 1930s. ![]() ![]() ‘The Chrysanthemums’ (1937) is probably John Steinbeck’s best-known and most highly regarded short story. The story is framed by Francis’ initial failure of nerve, although Hemingway chooses to begin the story in the aftermath of this event, and then reveal what happened to us only later, during a flashback. The husband has a failure of nerve when faced with a lion during one of their hunts, and his wife loses respect for him.Ĭourage and cowardice are central, mutually complementary themes in ‘The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber’. First published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1936, ‘The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber’ is about a married American couple on safari in Africa with their English guide. This is a popular Ernest Hemingway story with a decidedly atypical un-Hemingwayesque protagonist. ![]()
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