The Rocking Horse Winner by Laurence

Introduction

The Rocking-Horse Winner is set in a pleasant house, with a garden (291) where a family consisting of mother, father, a boy and two girls live. They have servants and beautiful surroundings and felt themselves superior to anyone in the neighborhood but the mother felt they had no luck (291). It becomes obvious early in the story that the house was haunted by a voice that could be heard all the time saying the words there must be more money (292). The boy, Paul, even hears the voice in the springs of his rocking horse. ...