Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Behind the Story
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If you've devoured the last morsel of your savory book, but have a stomach that yearns for more, "Behind the Story" will be a most delightful surprise. Enjoy this basket full of hand-picked treats, compiled as an easy, concise, info-rich serving just for you! You'll be on a VIP tour where we will take you by the hand to show you what is behind the curtains, what is "Behind the Story".
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“What was the inspiration behind the creation of this book?”
When Simonson started to write this story, her only goal was to write something for her own pleasure in a landscape she was missing a lot. It would be like “an afternoon treat with no calories,” just for herself, not thinking of doing it for anyone else or not caring what someone else would think of it or of her. The image she had in her head was a small brick house in an English village much like the one her family lived in near Rye, except there were no ants, no rot, and no taxes. Her character is a retired person—she did not make it clear in interviews why she chose a widower like Major Pettigrew as one of her major protagonists, though we can imagine that someone like him could put a smile to her lips.
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A personal note from the editor…
What if…?
was the question that gave birth to Behind the Story Books.
When I pick up a book, from the first letter to the last, I am often completely enveloped in the novel - I’m laughing, rejoicing, fighting, and crying, side by side next to the characters. Even long after the book is finished, I found myself reminiscing about the scenes and characters over and over again in my head like a broken tape recorder – I was left high and very dry.
One particularly pleasant evening, after closing the last page to a wonderful story, I just HAD to find out everything about the book - how it was created, how it was developed, who the author was, - everything.
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Behind the Story: A Book Companion
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Book Title: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Author Name: Helen Simonson
Time it was written: 2004 - 2009
Place it was written: Washington
First publication: March 2, 2010
Publisher: Random House
Narrator: Third Person
Point of view: Third Person
Tone: political and philosophical, sometimes understated and sometimes loud humor, charming, witty and wise, satirical, descriptive
Tense: Past
Setting (Time): 2000s
Setting (Place): Edgecombe St. Mary, Sussex, England
Protagonist: Major Ernest Pettigrew
Theme: morality, religious tolerance, modern manners versus tradition, racial and cultural issues, power of love
Motif: grief, insensitiveness, bursts of humor, culture, tradition, religion, globalization, familial