When Mrs. Birdhead finally exiles Bobo to the doghouse, he's missed by an unlikely ally — lonely, good-hearted Cat, who plots to restore Bobo to their owner's good graces.
Contemporary Norway was dissected by Jan Kjærstad's brilliant and humorous novel Forføreren, centred upon a leading television personality, and by Ingvar Ambjørnsen's witty Utsikt til paradiset, in which a desperately lonely good-for-nothing spends his time observing the goings-on in a block of flats opposite his own.
There is the idealized teenager, a lonely, good-looking young man who seeks a romantic connection online, sung here by the boyish and solid baritone Christopher Bolduc in his Met debut; then there is the real Jake, a timid, nervous, nerdy 13-year-old, sung achingly by the boy soprano Andrew Pulver.
And what about The Unseen Playmate who "comes out of the wood" when "children are happy and lonely and good" and who, though he plays with you, will also play with your toys once you go to bed.
Just a scattering of lonely packaged goods in row after row of empty shelves". When Ariosto asked for chicken, a smiling clerk responded with "No chicken here today". When he asked about cheese, the clerk "almost laughed". Shoppers eager to purchase even a portion of what they really needed knew to line up at grocery stores early in the morning.
A lonely job? "Well, I have pretty good company," sniffs Kurtz.
In truth, Blanchard writes so well that even her quiet descriptions of desolate towns and lonely people are good enough to rattle the rafters.
Maycock said Valentine's Day is the perfect time for "romance fraud" as scammers take advantage of lonely people's good nature.
But as he gears up for his re-election campaign, Mr. Clinton has increasingly sought to portray himself as a lonely paladin whose good ideas are frustrated by the will of both Congressional Democrats and Republicans, and his basic argument on taxes seemed less a slip than a calculated effort to shift blame to them.
And I think "If You Ever Get Lonely" is as good, if not better, more emotional than the original.
Prayers for courage when we're afraid, hope when we're in despair and love when we're lonely are all good Gimmie prayers.
