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"The Skylight Room" is a modern day fairy tale, set in the heart of the authors favorite city, New York. This heartwarming tale describes the dream come true romance of Miss Leeson, a poor working girl in New York. Miss Leeson is a young women who works as a freelance typist with big firms in the city. Her income is ,however, insufficient to get her decent lodgings, so she is forced to rent what experienced house hunters call "The Skylight Room"The bare room has a small cot, a wash stand and a dresser- all that Miss Leeson can afford. On the floors below live the more affluent lodgers of the sharp tongued and snobbish Mrs. Parker, Miss Leeson's landlady. Mr. Skidder is a playwright, perpetually on the lookout for a muse. Miss Leeson fits the bill, and the heroine of Mr. Skidder's next play becomes a short, happy-go-lucky woman who has long auburn hair. Mr. Hoover, a fat, middle aged man, is not above taking advantage of poor young girls, and the young Mr. Evans develops a boyish infatuation toward this woman whose fancies are forever skimming the skies and the stars.
The schoolteacher, Miss Longnecker, a beautiful woman with no time for fancies, and the sports obsessed Miss Dorn are the other lodgers of Mrs. Parker's establishment. Miss Leeson soon becomes popular with all the lodgers, despite the fact that she is a poor outcast who has to live in "the skylight room". On a balmy evening, when the lodgers are sitting on the steps leading to the apartments, Miss Leeson points out Billy Jackson, the only star she can see through the skylight in her room. Though Miss Longnecker disagrees with her astronomical nomenclature and insists it is "Gamma", the other lodgers think Billy Jackson is a better name for a star. For Miss Leeson, the star is the only friend in a wide world whose only share comes to her in the form of a patch of black darkness called "the skylight room". It is not just a ball of gas and heat for her, it is a friend and confidante who knows her distress and sorrows. A few days later, Miss Leeson's unflagging cheerfulness finally starts to taper off, as she realizes that more difficulties lie in store for her. And as the story reaches its culmination, we find out exactly what the significance of "Billy Jackson" is in the existence of the poor typist.
"The Skylight Room" is a modern day fairy tale, set in the heart of the authors favorite city, New York. This heartwarming tale describes the dream come true romance of Miss Leeson, a poor working girl in New York. Miss Leeson is a young women who works as a freelance typist with big firms in the city. Her income is ,however, insufficient to get her decent lodgings, so she is forced to rent what experienced house hunters call "The Skylight Room"The bare room has a small cot, a wash stand and a dresser- all that Miss Leeson can afford. On the floors below live the more affluent lodgers of the sharp tongued and snobbish Mrs. Parker, Miss Leeson's landlady. Mr. Skidder is a playwright, perpetually on the lookout for a muse. Miss Leeson fits the bill, and the heroine of Mr. Skidder's next play becomes a short, happy-go-lucky woman who has long auburn hair. Mr. Hoover, a fat, middle aged man, is not above taking advantage of poor young girls, and the young Mr. Evans develops a boyish infatuation toward this woman whose fancies are forever skimming the skies and the stars.The schoolteacher, Miss Longnecker, a beautiful woman with no time for fancies, and the sports obsessed Miss Dorn are the other lodgers of Mrs. Parker's establishment. Miss Leeson soon becomes popular with all the lodgers, despite the fact that she is a poor outcast who has to live in "the skylight room". On a balmy evening, when the lodgers are sitting on the steps leading to the apartments, Miss Leeson points out Billy Jackson, the only star she can see through the skylight in her room. Though Miss Longnecker disagrees with her astronomical nomenclature and insists it is "Gamma", the other lodgers think Billy Jackson is a better name for a star. For Miss Leeson, the star is the only friend in a wide world whose only share comes to her in the form of a patch of black darkness called "the skylight room". It is not just a ball of gas and heat for her, it is a friend and confidante who knows her distress and sorrows. A few days later, Miss Leeson's unflagging cheerfulness finally starts to taper off, as she realizes that more difficulties lie in store for her. And as the story reaches its culmination, we find out exactly what the significance of "Billy Jackson" is in the existence of the poor typist.
I always wonder why people think that life in New York is always easy and thrilling. The stories like this show the opposite. That's why it is quite realistic. However, the happy ending makes you believe in miracle.
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