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Mr. Brook in Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories
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Mr. Brook
As the narrator of "Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland" tells us, Mr. Brook is "a somewhat pastel person" preferring solo vacays to summer trips with the whole music department gang. His curiosity for, and ultimately fixation on, the persona of the strange mysterious Madame Zilensky takes him by surprise.
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- Introduction
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Summary
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Present Day
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 1
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 2
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 3
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 4
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 5
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Coda
- Wunderkind
- The Jockey
- Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland
- The Sojourner
- A Domestic Dilemma
- A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud
- Themes
- Characters
- Analysis
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