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Text: The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen
Who - When - What - Where -Questions

Who ?
protagonists: a young woman who writes novels
her fiancé who is a wine-merchant
minor characters: eight Japanese gentlemen
middle-aged waitress
indirect: publisher Mr. Dwight

first-person narrator

Where ?
Bentley’s, expensive fish restaurant in London’s West End

When ?
in the 80es/90es during a meal

What ?
The young woman and her fiancé sit in a restaurant discussing their forthcoming wedding. She is also talking about her first novel which is called "The Chelsea Set". Because of her second novel she thinks about moving to St. Tropez. Her fiancé questions their wedding. He has the opportunity to work for his uncle. Therefore he doesn’t want to move to France. Having finished their meal the man asks his fiancée if she has seen the eight Japanese gentlemen, but she’s so self-centered that she didn’t recognise them.

<Susanne, Ines, Christina, Henrik


Source:Invitation To Literature
Chapter Three: You Don't Listen, Do You?
Text: The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen, by Graham Greene