Here and Hereafter

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pain, Barry, 1864-1928

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Here and Hereafter" by Barry Pain is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The opening tale, "Mala," introduces the character of a medical doctor as he encounters a fair-haired man named Tarn, who urgently seeks his assistance for his wife, a negress, who is in labor. This piece delves into themes of race, social position, and the complexities of human emotions surrounding life and death. At the start of the story, the doctor leaves his comfortable surroundings to assist the distressed Tarn, who lives in a remote area called Felonsdene. As they journey together, the doctor learns more about Tarn's life and his foreign wife, Mala. The narrative is imbued with a sense of suspense and curiosity as the doctor grapples with his feelings about the couple's unconventional situation and the strange aura that surrounds their remote home, setting the stage for deeper explorations of identity, love, and existential concerns as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Mala

The feast and the reckoning

Post-mortem

The girl with the beautiful hair

The widower

The unfinished game

Sparkling burgundy

The act of heroism

Some notes on Cyrus Verd

The four-fingered hand

The tower

The futility of William Penarden

The pathos of the commonplace

The night of glory

An idyll of the sea

The magic rings

The unseen power

A brisk engagement

Hasheesh

The gardener

The scent.

Credits:

Produced by Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Notes:

Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2011-02-05