03068cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000340012624500220016026400510018230000470023333600260028033700260030633800360033250000310036850801910039952018020059053400590239265300310245165300390248265300200252170000370254185600660257885600430264499900190268776934UtSlPG20260610134800.0mcr n260607r20251923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a23011805  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aVan Vechten, Carl,d1880-196414aThe blind bow-boy 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-09-26  aCarla Foust, Jwala Kumar Sista and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  aThe blind bow-boy by Carl Van Vechten is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows Harold Prewett, a sheltered heir whose estranged father hires a scandal-tinged tutor to initiate him into “life” beyond college. Moving through Jazz Age New York—from salons to sideshows—the story contrasts the allure of a witty bohemian set led by Campaspe Lorillard with the fragile innocence of Alice Blake, promising a sharp, stylish comedy of manners about experience, desire, and self‑invention.  The opening of the novel introduces Harold at a first, awkward meeting with his wealthy father, George Prewett, a cloak‑and‑suit magnate who blames college for misfitting him and vows to “unteach” his son by placing him under Paul Moody, a charming reprobate located via an advertisement seeking “good character but no moral sense.” George installs Harold in his own apartment with a worldly valet, Oliver Drains, and unlimited funds, instructing him to live as he pleases for a year. Flashbacks sketch Harold’s girl‑guarded Connecticut childhood with his eccentric Aunt Sadi and his isolated small‑college years, marked by the taunt “Cloaks and Suits.” In the city, Harold helps the tearful Alice Blake after a taxi accident and accompanies her to Jefferson Market court, where she insists on paying the truck driver’s fine with Harold’s money before retreating to her strict home. Finally, Paul’s circle—Campaspe, an incisive, feline hostess; Bunny, an avant‑garde composer; and John, a jovial broker—sweep Harold into cocktails, salon talk, and a whirlwind trip to Coney Island, where Campaspe voices a cool credo of worldly adaptability as the neon carnival becomes Harold’s first lesson in modern life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923  aNew York (N.Y.) -- Fiction  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aLove -- Fiction1 aLocher, Robert Evans,d1888-19564 uhttps://archive.org/details/blindbowboy00vanv/page/6/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76934  c117659d117659