The Olive is a 1922 romantic short story by author Algernon Blackwood. Originally published in Pearson's Magazine it was also included in The Best British Short Stories of 1922. - AsNotedIn
He laughed involuntarily as the olive rolled towards his chair across the shiny parquet floor of the hotel dining-room.
His table in the cavernous salle manger was apart: he sat alone, a solitary guest; the table from which the olive fell and rolled towards him was some distance away. The angle, however, made him an unlikely objective. Yet the lob-sided, juicy thing, after hesitating once or twice en route as it plopped along, came to rest finally against his feet.Algernon Blackwood, The Olive
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1922/00/00 | Pearson's Magazine | Author | Algernon Blackwood's short story "The Olive" appears in Pearson's Magazine. | Olive | |||
| 1922/00/00 | Algernon Blackwood | Author | Algernon Blackwood's short story "The Olive" appears in Pearson's Magazine. | Olive |
| Particulars for The Olive (short story): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Culinary | ||
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Narrative Arts | Romance | ||
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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