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100 1 _aBarnes, Djuna,
_d1892-1982
245 1 2 _aA Book
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIllustrated by the author.
500 _aRelease date is 2019-12-11
505 0 _aA 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.
508 _aProduced 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.)
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAmerican poetry -- 20th century
653 _aShort stories, American
653 _aAmerican drama -- 20th century
653 _aAmerican fiction -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60904
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