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Miss Temptation

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However, neither Fuller nor anyone else had realized just how fragile and vulnerable Susanna really is. She is alone in a new town, and no man her age will even go out of their way to be nice to her. Emotionally shattered by Fuller's outburst, Susanna decides to move out of her apartment — but on the
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Miss Temptation's real name is Susanna, and she lives in a small room above a fire house, in a little town with a theater, in which she hopes to make her acting debut. Susanna is beautiful, exciting, and every man's dream; she wears
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day she is to leave, Fuller arrives at her door. After an emotionally draining conversation, Susanna forgives Fuller for his hurtful words, and the two walk down main street and welcome Susanna back to the "human race."
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in 1956. The story was collected in Vonnegut's famous 1968 anthology
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Index

Short story
Kurt Vonnegut
United States
English
Short story
Welcome to the Monkey House
Newspaper
Print
1956
Kurt Vonnegut
The Saturday Evening Post
Welcome to the Monkey House
hoop earrings
barefoot
"Miss Temptation"
Critical companion to Kurt Vonnegut : a literary reference to his life and work
ISBN
978-1-4381-0023-4
OCLC
320899716
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Kurt Vonnegut
Bibliography
Player Piano
The Sirens of Titan
Mother Night
Cat's Cradle
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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