Read Mavis Gallant taking down the so-called eligible bachelors of Montreal!
Category Archive: Bachelors Aren’t All Eligible
An Audio Reading of Gallant’s “Willi”
Hear a reading of Mavis Gallant’s story “Willi,” a story about a bachelor.
“I live with my mother, which means meals and valet service.” - Clerk, 34
"I live with my married sister, an ideal arrangement. I could never expect a wife in her right mind to look after me that well. I have all the conveniences of married life and none of the interference. I come and go, and everything seems to get done magically." - Advertising executive, 35
“Women are apt to be more jealous, suspicious, irritable, and easily offended than men. As a result they are more aggressive." - Lawyer
"I don't like women unless I can connect some emotion with them. I prefer the company of men. There is no such thing as a platonic friendship with a woman." - Lawyer, 33
