Brief Summary Of Brently Mallard's Short Story Of An Hour

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Summary After hearing the horrific news of Brently Mallard's railroad accident death, his friend Richards goes off to tell the news to Mrs.Mallard at her house. When he arrives, he and Mrs. Mallard's sister Josephine inform her of Mallard's tragic death. After hearing the news she cries to them before going off to her room for some alone time. She sits exhaustively and motionless in her armchair while looking out the window, occasionally sobbing. The young woman stares into the sky while she waits nervously for the revelation of her husband's death to set in. He then realizes that it isn't sadness that she is feeling but freedom. She decides it while she's running for her husband's death she's also going to get many years of freedom, which

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