English translations of the six longer stories by Georgios Vizyenos, whose fiction both describes late 19th-century Greece and looks beyond it to question the very nature of reality.
The doctor's son and other stories
β Scribed by O'Hara, John
- Publisher
- Library of America
- Year
- 1935
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The doctor's son -- Early afternoon -- Pleasure -- New day -- The man who had to talk to somebody -- Mary -- Ella and the Chinee -- Ten Eyck or Pershing? Pershing or Ten Eyck? -- Alone -- Coffee pot -- The girl who had been presented -- Mort and Mary -- On his hands -- It wouldn't break your arm -- I never seen anything like it -- Lombard's kick -- Frankie -- Mr. Cass and the ten thousand dollars -- Of thee I sing, baby -- Screen test -- Mr. Sidney Gainsborough : Quality Pictures -- Mr. Cowley and the young -- Never a dull moment -- Master of ceremonies -- Mrs. Galt and Edwin -- Hotel kid -- Dr. Wyeth's son -- Except in my memory -- The public career of Mr. Seymour Harrisburg -- Straight pool -- Back in New Haven -- Salute a thoroughbread -- All the girls he wanted -- Sportsmanship -- In the morning sun -- It must have been spring -- Over the river and through the wood.
β¦ Table of Contents
The doctor's son --
Early afternoon --
Pleasure --
New day --
The man who had to talk to somebody --
Mary --
Ella and the Chinee --
Ten Eyck or Pershing? Pershing or Ten Eyck? --
Alone --
Coffee pot --
The girl who had been presented --
Mort and Mary --
On his hands --
It wouldn't break your arm --
I never seen anything like it --
Lombard's kick --
Frankie --
Mr. Cass and the ten thousand dollars --
Of thee I sing, baby --
Screen test --
Mr. Sidney Gainsborough : Quality Pictures --
Mr. Cowley and the young --
Never a dull moment --
Master of ceremonies --
Mrs. Galt and Edwin --
Hotel kid --
Dr. Wyeth's son --
Except in my memory --
The public career of Mr. Seymour Harrisburg --
Straight pool --
Back in New Haven --
Salute a thoroughbread --
All the girls he wanted --
Sportsmanship --
In the morning sun --
It must have been spring --
Over the river and through the wood.
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