“Parson’s Pleasures” by Roald Dahl
Number 15 of 27 Great British Short Stories
Premise: a shady furniture trader is too clever (greedy) by half.
Review: Loved it. Typical Dahl. I do believe I read a knock off of this in Reader’s Digest about 40 years ago. Pierre Bourdieu would have loved this one
Wikipedia page
Outa ten: 10
Keywords: comedy, avarice, comeuppance, furniture
Quotes: xx
Words:
Paterae – In architecture, patera (pl. paterae) is an ornamental circular or elliptical bas-relief disc.[1][2] The patera is usually used to decorate friezes and walls, and to interrupt moldings.[3] Patera is also used in furniture-making. It can be carved, incised, inlaid, or even painted
Festoon (n) An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
- (architecture) A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
Look up: xx
Afterlives of the story/connections to other stuff: xx
Is it online? Yes
marchudson.net 
Leave a comment