A Book

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, Djuna, 1892-1982

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"A Book" by Djuna Barnes is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The work explores various themes through richly drawn characters, often delving into the complexities of human emotions, relationships, and societal expectations. The opening portion introduces a character named John, who is deeply intertwined with horses, reflecting his inner turmoil and contrasting desires for freedom versus societal constraints. The beginning of the collection opens with "A Night Among the Horses," where John, a stable boy, finds himself drawn to the wildness and beauty of the horses while grappling with feelings of isolation and conflict in his life. As he observes the freedom of the horses, he reflects on his interactions with Freda Buckler, a woman who represents both allure and the societal expectations he struggles against. This portion sets a tone of longing and existential questioning, establishing a vivid backdrop of nature and human emotion that is likely to resonate throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

A night among the horses

Three from the earth

The valet

To the dogs

Beyond the end

Pastoral

Oscar

Antique

Katrina Silverstaff

Hush before love

The robin's house

Paradise

No-man's-mare

Six songs of Khalidine

The dove

Mother

Song in autumn

The nigger

Lullaby

Indian summer

I'd have you think of me

The rabbit

The flowering corpse

A boy asks a question of a lady

First Communion

Finis.

Credits:

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Tim Lindell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Notes:

Illustrated by the author.

Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2019-12-11