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100	1		_aStrunsky, Simeon, _d1879-1948
245	1	4	_aThe Patient Observer and His Friends
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2006
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2006-09-22
505	0		_aCowards -- The church universal -- The doctors -- Interrogation -- The mind triumphant -- On calling white black -- The solid flesh -- Some newspaper traits -- A fledgling -- The complete collector: I -- The everlasting feminine -- The fantastic toe -- On living in Brooklyn -- Palladino outdone -- The cadence of the crowd -- What we forget -- The children that lead us -- The Martians -- The complete collector: II -- When a friend marries -- The perfect union of the arts -- An eminent American -- Behind the times -- Public liars -- The complete collector: III -- The commuter -- Headlines -- Usage -- 60 h. p. -- The sample life -- The complete collector: IV -- Chopin's successsors -- The irrepressible conflict -- The germs of culture.
508			_aE-text prepared by Stacy Brown and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520			_a"The Patient Observer and His Friends" by Simeon Strunsky is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The work comprises a series of reflections and discussions featuring a group of friends, tackling topics such as fear, society, and human nature through humorous and insightful dialogues. The book showcases their differing perspectives on life, marked by varying degrees of cynicism, innocence, and philosophical musings. At the start of the collection, a group of men at dinner humorously debates their fears, contrasting the grand fear of death with more mundane fears associated with everyday life, such as revolving doors and social interaction. Their candid confessions provide a comical yet poignant exploration of human anxiety, revealing how the trivial often dominates one's thoughts despite life’s ultimate uncertainty. Each character's distinct fear – from public embarrassment to tangible dangers – sets the tone for the underlying themes of social exploration and personal reflection that Strunsky will develop throughout the essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aEssays
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19359
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