Downbeat Endings

Letter from Robert Cormier to David 8 November 1983

RELATED LINKS:

An explanation for sad endings in great literature
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/dec/06/literary-fiction-happy-endings

An argument for the dangers of happy endings
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/01/tyranny_of_the_happy_ending/