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ResponderEliminarThe Open Window tells the story of a man, Framton Nuttel, who moves into a new town, looking for health, and wants to meet his new neighbors.
He decides to visit Mrs. Sappleton and her family first but, when he arrives, he discovers that there is no family other than Vera, her niece.
While he is waiting for Vera’s aunt to arrive, the young lady decides to tell Framton a story about why there is a wide-open window in the house when they were in cold October.
Half an hour later, Framton Nuttel was taking all his stuff as quickly as he could and running away from that house, horrified.
Why did he leave? Was Mrs. Sappleton ever married? Did she have kids? Where were they? What story did Vera tell to Mr. Nuttel? Read the story and discover a shocking twist in the plot!
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ResponderEliminarThe Open Window: summary with spoilers
The open window is a story about an ill man, Framton Nuttel, who moves to a new town looking for peace and health and doesn’t know anyone there.
His sister had given him a list with the people in town who seemed nice and could have a good realtionship with her brother so Framton went to visit one person from that list. He didn’t have a clue who she was except for her name: Mrs Sappleton.
In the house, he was welcomed by the woman’s niece, Vera, who told him a story about why they had a wide-open window in October.
The Young lady told Framton that it was open because Mrs. Sappleton had been waiting for his family to come back from hunting for three years, making her aunt seem crazy.
Then Mrs. Sappleton came into the room, talked with Framton Nuttel for a while and, after that, Mrs. Sappleton’s family, followed by their dog, walked in through the window, they looked like they had been hunting. Fromton got really scared, took his stuff and left the house as quickly as he could.
Vera tells another fake story to her family to justify Framton’s horror, she said that he had had a traumatic experience with dogs.
In the last sentence of the story we realize that Vera is a really good liar.