Dear Charles

by Alan Melville

Published 9 May 2018

A woman with two grown-up sons and a daughter surprises her children on the eve of one of their marriage with the news that they are all illegitmate, each with a di erent father. After much ado, they decide to continue as before with the portrait of "Dear Charles" unknown father and patriarch, above the mantle, as 'father' to them all.


Going to Town

by Alan Melville

Published December 1954