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Jean Rhys' short story "I Used to Live Here Once" is the definition of a short story. The story is a mere one and a half pages in length. Jean Rhys, the author, has incorporated many different ideas and concepts into these few pages. The stor ....

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... the woman standing at the bank of a river. She is vividly remembering her childhood and the many times that she has crossed this river, stone by stone. The last line in the opening paragraph, " But after that it was easy and soon she was standing on ." (358), makes the reader aware that she is still a very able lady at her age. When the woman crosses the river she begins her jaunt to the house she once lived in. There are a few lines in the story that clue the reader in that it has been a very long time since she has been back here. She explains, " The road was much wider than it used to be but the work had been done carelessly (358)." ...