02357cam a22003373u 4500 75969 UtSlPG 20260610134746.0 m cr n 260607r20251923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 23006841 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Roberts, Cecil, 1892-1976 Scissors Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-04-27 Al Haines "Scissors: A Novel of Youth" by Cecil Roberts is a coming-of-age novel written in the early 20th century. The book centers on John Narcissus Dean, a boy growing from childhood in exotic Asia Minor to adolescence and early adulthood in England, capturing the challenges and intense emotional currents of youth. Through John's eyes, readers follow themes of displacement, friendship, family devotion, cross-cultural encounters, and the search for belonging. The opening of the novel follows John’s family as they journey by steamer from Constantinople along the Black Sea coast to the remote Turkish town of Amasia, where his father has business. Vivid scenes introduce John, his parents, and his devoted nurse Anna as they experience the marvel and peril of foreign lands, sharply observing the diversity and turbulence of the Ottoman world. The story then traces John's early life as an only child abroad: his loyal friendship with Ali, a Turkish boy; the loss of his mother; his longing for English school life; and the poignant leave-taking from his Eastern childhood. Arriving in England for boarding school, John faces the strangeness of English customs, makes new friends, and grapples with adolescent doubts and longings—a personal and cultural journey vividly captured from his youthful perspective. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1923 Bildungsromans English fiction -- 20th century https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002718230&seq=9 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75969 116694 116694