A Story of Seven Devils

Stockton’s A story of seven devils focuses on what emerges from a sermon: the priest says that every woman is possessed by seven devils. Women get angry because the sermon calls into question their ability to act and think and makes implicitly necessary the authority and control of man over them. After a week of discussions the priest next shows on the next sermon that this is the case, women are possessed by seven demons...

Keywords: A Story of Seven Devils, Frank R. Stockton, Faligi