A Theft - Plot

Plot

Clara Velde is a successful fashion writer in New York City and the star of the story. The book's title refers to the disappearance of Clara's prized emerald ring. Clara associates the ring with her love for the Washington, D.C. politico Ithiel and with her own professional and personal power. The ring's apparent theft leads Clara into a series of psychological crises and forces her to confront a long-buried complex of interpersonal issues.

Works by Saul Bellow
  • Bibliography
Novels and Novellas
  • Dangling Man
  • The Victim
  • The Adventures of Augie March
  • Seize the Day
  • Henderson the Rain King
  • Herzog
  • Mr. Sammler's Planet
  • Humboldt's Gift
  • The Dean's December
  • More Die of Heartbreak
  • A Theft
  • The Bellarosa Connection
  • The Actual
  • Ravelstein
Short stories
  • "Looking for Mr. Green"
  • "The Gonzaga Manuscripts"
  • "A Father-To-Be"
  • "Leaving the Yellow House"
  • "The Old System"
  • "Mosby's Memoirs"
  • "Zetland: By a Character Witness"
  • "A Silver Dish"
  • "Him with His Foot in His Mouth"
  • "Cousins"
  • "What Kind of Day Did You Have?"
  • "By the St. Lawrence"
  • "Something to Remember Me By"
Short story collections
  • Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories
  • Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories
  • Something to Remember Me By: Three Tales
  • Collected Stories
Non-fiction
  • To Jerusalem and Back
  • It All Adds Up

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