Paul's Case Summary
Willa Cather

Paul's Case Summary

Willa Cather's story "Paul's Case" was first published in 1905. It was the last of seven stories in her first collection, The Troll Garden, which launched Cather's literary career. When the story was printed in McClure's in May of the same year, it brought Cather to national attention. In 1920 the story was reprinted by Alfred Knopf in Youth and the Bright Medusa.

Like many of the stories in The Troll Garden, "Paul's Case" explores...

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