Macmillan Stories for Colleges- Edited by K. G. Seshadri
1. The Robe of Peace-0. Henry
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Introduction: 0. Henry is the pseudonym of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). He was an
American writer of short stories. He is best known for his ironic plot twists and surprise endings.
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The story in brief: The Robe of Peace is a fine short story. It deals with how a fashionable
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gentleman of New York becomes a monk of one of the strictest monasteries in the Swiss Alps.
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Johnny Bellchambers belonged to the high society in New York. He was rich and had a taste for
fashionable clothes. He had a huge collection of dress and would change clothes every three hours.
He was conceded to be the best dressed man in New York and therefore in America. All the tailors
in the city considered it a great privilege to make Bellchambers clothes as it was a great
advertisement for them, if he put on their clothes. In short, he was "the glass of fashion".
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Bellchambers disappeared, suddenly. His friends were worried. They could not attribute any
motive for his disappearance. He had no enemies, no debts, no woman; he was of calm and well-
balanced temperament.
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