Question

want the summary of chapter-best seller

Answer 1

Best Seller is a short story by O. Henry. It is sort of a story within a story. The protagonist, John A. Pescud, is an old acquaintance of the unnamed narrator. The story has an ironical ending like many of the stories of O. Henry. The story explores how a human 's views are not always in accord with their actions. John, a hypocrite, who criticised the best sellers of being too fantastic and unrealistic, his own love story was none less extraordinary. The story shows how what one practises is often contrary to what one says. John said that he did not believe in the romance portrayed in best sellers. He believed the stories too good to be true. The reader is flabbergasted by the irony of the narrative on how the man who criticised these best was living such a fantastic life. His own love story was preposterous to him.

John was not particularly a good looking man who believed that a man should be decent and law abiding in his hometown. A travelling salesman for a plate glass company, he was an old acquaintance of the narrator. When the two hit the conversation the narrator got a chance to explore John 's view on love, romance and literature. Pescud widely disapproved of the best sellers as he believed them all to be alike. These novels appeared unrealistic to him as he believed that in reality a man when hunts down his girl to settle down, he looks out for her in his station and not like from these novels where an American swell from Chicago who falls in love with a royal princess from Europe.

John told the narrator all that had happened in his life since they met last. He had his salary raised twice, bought a neat slice of real estate in the East End and had got married as well. Pescud narrates his whole romance with the “very fine girl, whose job was to make this world prettier just by residing in it.” Her name, his wife 's, was Jessie Allyn, the only daughter of the oldest family in Virginia. Her father Colonel Allyn possessed the reputation of the biggest man and the finest quality in Virginia or anywhere else. They met in a journey where he had least expected to find his life partner. Their courtship also was much fantastical, beginning from when he chased her all the way on their journey from Illinois to Cincinnati. Like a passionate young man, he followed her up till her home and decided to talk her out. Like a true American hero, John visited Allyns and not only got to meet the Colonel but also impress him by being honest about his motives. In next meetings the Pescud and Allyn got a chance to get to know each other more. Colonel inquired about Pescud 's family and became sure of that the man was right for his daughter and got the two married.

 

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