The scorpion (Registro nro. 118302)
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| control field | 77582 |
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| control field | UtSlPG |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260610134810.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 75012357 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PT |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Weirauch, Anna Elisabet, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1887-1970 |
| 240 14 - UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Der Skorpion. English |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The scorpion |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-12-31 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Adam Buchbinder, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Scorpion" by Anna Elisabet Weirauch is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows Myra Rudloff from a loveless, rule-bound childhood into a charged young adulthood, tracing her consuming attachments—first to a capricious governess and then to the formidable Olga Radó—against the strictures of bourgeois respectability. The book probes desire, jealousy, and pride, with the scorpion symbol evoking both self-protection and self-destruction.<br/><br/>The opening of the novel introduces Myra through hearsay about thefts, lies, and a violent outburst, then shows how her father’s sheltered upbringing and Aunt Emily’s severity warp her longing for love. Myra falls painfully in love with her governess, Frieda, and, drawn into Frieda’s affair with a dubious ex-hussar, helps pawn family silver—scandal that ends the governess’s stay. Years later, Myra’s life ignites when she meets the magnetic Olga Radó; she orbits Olga’s moods, studies at her urging, befriends the gentle violinist Peterkin, and is transfixed by Olga’s emblematic scorpion cigarette case and talk of proud partings. After a sudden dismissal and Olga’s unexplained trip, postcards filter back via Peterkin; on Olga’s return, Myra resumes visits, steals a dunning letter in a jealous panic, secretly pays Olga’s debt by pawning her own things, and is sharply rebuked—only to be enlisted to pawn the scorpion case, which she cannot bring herself to do. As Olga drills her in languages (with Myra covertly channeling lesson money to her), Aunt Emily clamps down on Myra’s independence, a strained confrontation with her weak-willed father follows, and the section ends with Uncle George’s arrival and a foreboding “visit” planned about Myra. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | New York: Arno Press, 1932 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Lesbians -- Fiction |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chambers, Whittaker, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1901-1961 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77582">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77582</a> |
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