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The Roman Bath
1920
John T. Wheelwright
Scribers
American
Short Story
8pp
Gay Men
"I too dreamed the night through," thought Ralph. "And am I dreaming now?"
Summary
Ralph travels from Chicago to London for a pilgrimage to locations from Dicken's David Copperfield. At the roman baths on the Strand, he encounters a dandy who awes him with a graceful dive into the pools. After Ralph enters, he turns to the dandy and realizes that the man has vanished and had never existed.
More Info
Published in Scribers (Jan 1, 1920) V.67 No.1, pg 33-41. Illustrated by Reginald Birch.
Also in The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1921) ed. Edward J. O'brien.
The theme of homosexual yearning embodied in a ghost-like figure also appears in E. M. Forster's "Dr. Woolacott."
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