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Walter Jackson Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's first short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," first published in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and in book form in My World—and Welcome to It in 1942. Thurber loosely based the character, a daydreamer, on himself. [1]
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, [ 1 ] it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book My World and Welcome to It ( Harcourt, Brace and Company , 1942 ). [ 2 ]
Walter Mitty is a negative assets manager at Life magazine living alone in New York City.He chronically daydreams and has a secret crush on Cheryl Melhoff, a coworker. Walter attempts to contact Cheryl via eHarmony but eHarmony customer service agent Todd Mahar explains that Walter's account is not fully filled out: the "been there" and "done that" sections are blank.
Walter Mitty (Kaye) is an "inconsequential guy from Perth Amboy, New Jersey". [3] He is henpecked and harassed by everyone in his life including his bossy mother, his overbearing, idea-stealing boss Bruce Pierce, his dimwitted fiancée Gertrude Griswold, Gertrude's obnoxious would-be suitor Tubby Wadsworth, Gertrude's poodle Queenie and her loud-mouthed mother, Mrs. Griswold.
The Man Who Was Walter Mitty: The Life and Work of James Thurber. ISBN 9780738840833; Grauer, Neil A. 1994. Remember Laughter: A Life of James Thurber. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803221550. Ervolino, Bill (December 17, 1995). "JAMES THURBER'S WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT". The Record (North Jersey). Bergen County, NJ: HighBeam Research.
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The most famous story is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," which bears little resemblance to the 1947 film of the same name. [12] References
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