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The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
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Ernest Hemingway
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The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
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Francis Macomber
Margaret "Margot" Macomber (a.k.a. "Memsahib," the Indian word for the wife of a white official)
Robert Wilson
The Gun Bearers, the Native Boys, and Others
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The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Characters
Meet the Cast
Francis Macomber
He Looks the PartOn the surface, Macomber looks like a well-to-do, groomed sportsman. He is thirty-five years old, wealthy, and knows all about "duck shooting, about fishing, trout, salmon and big-...
Margaret "Margot" Macomber (a.k.a. "Memsahib," the Indian word for the wife of a white official)
Margot is not an easy character to like. She is considered by some critics to be a predator, vicious, even villainous, and a murderer, and we can see why. One of the first things we discover about...
Robert Wilson
Wilson is an English hunting guide (a professional, which is to say he does not let emotion or opinion get in the way of his job), and he always gets his prey. He knows that his clients are along f...
The Gun Bearers, the Native Boys, and Others
There are a ton of tiny characters who populate the pages of this story, but to be honest, they don't serve much of a purpose beyond service. They are there to help the hunt, cook the food, and pro...