In “A Wagner Matinee” it was most definitely a positive experience for Aunt Georgiana. You must take into consideration Aunt Georgiana was a woman who had been deprived of the precious things she so enjoyed, the music which previously had fed her soul. She had once been a gifted musician. Aunt Georgiana was a musician/teacher at the Boston Conservatory. However, love took her away from her music. After marrying a farmer, they moved to Nebraska where she had six children, and worked the farm which was extremely difficult. It had been a long time since she had attended a concert. Her nephew, Clark, the narrator expresses when he picked her up at the station she appeared stiff, tired, and worn looking. Her body was misshapen, and she had rough