The Clemency of the Court
- The Clemency of the Court
The Clemency of the Court is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published on 26 October 1893 in The Hesperian [Willa Cather's Collected Short Fiction, University of Nebraska Press; Rev Ed edition, 1 Nov 1970, page 540] .
Title explanation
The title refers to Serge's being in prison for the rest of his life rather than being given the death penalty.
Plot summary
Serge, a man who was brought up by a Russian woman after his mother died, kills the babushka's husband after he kills Serge's dog. Serge is then sent to a borstal. The story ends with the rationale that even though life was tough in Russia, the United States cares for their children no better.
Characters
*Serge Povolitchsky, a young man whose Russian mother drowned in a pond.
*Mrs Sholdi Davis, the Russian woman who cares for Serge.
*Mr Davis, Sholdi's husband.
*Matushka, Serge's dog.
References
External links
* [http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/cather/writings/shortfiction/clemency.html Full text]
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