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Thirteen short stories (1924) by a master story teller of the early twentieth century. His writings, fiction and nonfiction, were popular with the public. After contributions to the WWI war effort, he declined the Order of the British Empire (OBE). – Summary by David Wales. [chương_files]
At an age when he should, by rights, be embarking on a well-deserved and comfortable retirement, Captain Whalley, a sailor of the old school — and even, in a small way, a pioneer of the eastern maritime trade — finds himself forced by circumstance and his own sense of honour to bind himself to a three year contract of employment as captain of a tramp steamer whose owner is the steamer’s own engineer, and a mean and surly gambling addict to boot. Even this challenging situation, however, soon proves to be the least of Captain Whalley’s difficulties. (Summary by Peter Dann) [chương_files]
Clarissa Dalloway is having a party. Join her and a web of connections in exploring London, their memories and their innermost thoughts and feelings. This novel explores relationships, mental health, nostalgia, regret, and the multitude of reasons for which people make decisions which change the course of their life. (Summary by Hannah Dormor) [chương_files]
“Traveling men have a poor opinion of it. Ministers of the gospel have been known to despair of it. Socially ambitious matrons move out of it, or, if that is not possible, despise it. Real estate men can not get rich in it. And humorless folk sometimes have a hard, sad time of it in Green Valley”. This is an authentic novel about a small town in the USA. A book about what people tell and don’t tell, loves and losses, and the importance of community. Community life which did not go away. – Summary by Stav Nisser [chương_files]
Brief plot lines of these 16 stories by Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy: 01, 02, 03 “A Feud” The breaking of an engagement ignites a feud. 04 “The Man Who Kept His Form” Ruding’s financial prospects disappoint. He adjusts. 05 “A Hedonist” Still single at 55, Vaness declares his love to a woman, 26. 06 “Timber” Hirries takes a celebratory afternoon walk in his forest. 07 “Santa Lucia” Old Trevillian recalls a past attraction begun at a casino. 08 “Blackmail” Money given to a needy woman leads to a blackmail threat. 09 “The Broken Boot” An impoverished actor chances upon an old acquaintance. 10 “Stroke of Lightning” Besotted by an extramarital relationship, Frank goes to extremes. 11 “Virtue” Mellesh pays a “working girl’s” fine and tells his wife. 12 “Conscience” A staff writer refuses to continue to ghostwrite. 13 “Salta Pro Nobis” Terrified as her execution for treason nears, she dances. 14 “Philanthropy” A writer tries to cope with an insufferable alcoholic. 15 “A Long-ago Affair” When 16 he was infatuated with an attractive widow. 16 “Acme” A destitute author writes a movie script for his own amusement. 17 “Late–299” Released from prison, the doctor goes about with a “peculiar smile”. 18, 19 “Had a Horse” Jimmy, a bookie, accepts a racehorse in payment of gambling debts. (Summary by Lee Smalley) [chương_files]
For those of you who enjoyed The Rosary by Florence Barclay, this one will come in as a close second. When Lady Myra Ingleby learns by telegram that her husband has been killed in the war, the sadness if not true grief that assails her along with the stress it involves, leads her towards a nervous breakdown. Her doctor convinces her that the best and only cure is for her to go away for a month, under an assumed name, preferably to a small seaside town. And there at the Moorhead Inn, begins a beautiful, spontaneous romance that will keep you in suspense and pull at your heart strings. – Summary by Celine Major [chương_files]
A charming tale of a small New England congregation preparing for Christmas and the unexpected arrival of a woman’s long held hope. – Summary by KevinS [chương_files]
Bread by Charles G. Norris reads like a working class Great Gatsby with a tragic female main character. The author is said to have influenced F. Scott Fitzgerald. There is a kind of cadence to the writing, and arc to the story where this can be felt in both similarity and contrast. It follows the life of a woman from young adulthood to middle age between the years of 1905 to 1922 in New York City. She is a stenographer, has chosen the then taboo path of a “wage earner” as opposed to that of mother/wife/homemaker. The descriptions of the inner workings of a publishing house in a time when the printed word was still the apex of information technology are vivid. The social and domestic situations are touching and emotionally telling of how, however much things change, they also stay the same. The metaphor of “Bread” is quaintly heavy handed. “Dedicated to the working women of America”, Norris gives us the “straight dope” in this depiction of life in New York City in the early 20th century. – Summary by WildShimmeringPath [chương_files]
The famous Castlecourt Diamonds have gone missing and the story surrounding their disappearance is strange indeed. To help sort out the mystery, you will hear eye witness statements given by the various participants in this curious case now, for the first time, given to the public. – Summary by The Author and Jenn Broda [chương_files]
“No man who has not endured solitude in long doses knows how vivid, real, and necessary people and things of the imagination may become.” (from the book). The touching story of a wrongly convicted youth with a creative imagination. – Summary by Rapunzelina [chương_files]
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