Saturday, September 8, 2012

Random Notes: The Name Alice

I've only seen two instances of the name Alice in Munro's stories. Alice Peel in "The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink" and Alice Kelling in "How I Met My Husband". 

They are both referred to by their full names throughout the stories. Never Alice, always Alice Peel, Alice Kelling. I don't know if this has anything to do with her own name being Alice. Maybe it doesn't. It just seems like an interesting detail. 

(Of course, Loretta Bird and Adam Delahunt are also referred to with their full names throughout in these stories. It might be a stylistic thing.) 

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