Literary Lighthouse

  Title: Lamb to The Slaughter Author: Roald Dahl Publication Date: September 1953 Rating: 4/5 Link to The Short Story:   https://theshortstory.co.uk/devsitegkl/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Short-stories-Roald-Dhal-Lamb-to-the-Slaughter.pdf A Brief Synopsis: This exciting story begins with the author describing the atmosphere around the main character, Mary Maloney. She patiently waited for her husband to return home from his workplace. Her husband, Patrick Maloney worked as a police officer. As he got home, she greeted him nicely like a lovely housewife doing her usual duty.      However, the conflict began when he acted weird, as if there was some burden on his shoulders. His wife offered him dinner, yet he declined and acted sternly. Suddenly, he then told Mrs. Maloney that he wanted to leave her although she was pregnant. She tried to ignore the shocking news and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. She took a big frozen leg of lamb upstairs where her...