The Other Woman
Story collection first edition, 1921First book publication
1921 in collection The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions From American Life in Tales and Poems
Literature form
Story
Genre
Literary
Writing language
English
Author's country
United States
Length
Approx. 3,500 words
Notable lines
"I am in love with my wife," he said—a superfluous remark, as I had not questioned his attachment to the woman he had married. We walked for ten minutes and then he said it again. I turned to look at him. He began to talk and told me the tale I am now about to set down
— First lines
"It seemed to me that she was like a bird, flying far away in distant skies, and I was like a perplexed bare-footed boy standing in the dusty road before a farm house and looking at her receding figure."
"'O, I am so happy,' she cried. 'You have understood. We will be two human beings. We will not have to be husband and wife.'"
"What I mean to say, you understand, is that, for me, when I awake, the other woman will be utterly gone."
— Last line
