French FETE. A talky tale of love and adultery by Vailland
A verbose French novel about Duc a dissipated husband who pursues his friend s naive wife Lucie Leone his wife tolerates his infidelity while a younger poet admires Duc The Fete theme spans holiday festival and a Seone hotel garden culminating in delicate evasions and a separation moment praised as sensitively realized in places
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Vailland
Peter Wiles
Knopf
Duc
Leone
Lucie
Doc
Seone
Vailland
Solve-A-Crime Solution
No man at sea uses boat for a ship and prefers correct terms. The author explains nautical vocabulary with forward galley starboard and bulkhead as proper equivalents.
Nabokov’s Lolita Seen as Satire of Freudianism and Poe
Dr Elizabeth Phillips asserts Nabokovs satire targets Freudian theory while linking Humbert to Poe in a Modern Language Association presentation. She notes parallels to Poe and suggests the vanity press boom flourishes amid widespread rejection and FTC scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladimir Nabokov
America
Europe
Elizabeth Phillips
Wake Forest College
Nabokov
Edgar Allen Poe
Modern Language Assn
Philadelphia
Phillips
Marie Bonaparte
Sigmund Freud
Dr. Phillips
Humbert
Lolita
Poe
Annabel Lee
the Sea
England
University of Seoul
Korea
Department of State
Can't Get Along THE MISFITS by Arthur Miller
A short review of Miller's play set in the West. Roslyn seeks divorce and faces conflicts with Guido Gay and Perce as they pursue personal freedoms. The reviewer critiques the stylistic choice of present tense and finds the characters and tensions not fully convincing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Miller
Viking
Roslyn
Reno
Isabelle
Guido
Gay
Perce
Miller
W. G. Rogers
Bookmobile Schedule For High Point Public Library Week
High Point Public Library announces bookmobile routes for January 30 to February 3. Monday and Tuesday have no service due to fifth week. Wednesday through Friday list stops with times and locations such as Manor Drive Edgeview Lindale Locust Norriss St Johns Gordon Kimrey Cedrow Arlington Barbee Fifth North Drive Woodrow Forrest Blain Farriss Terrell Dr Kimmons Francis Moore Charles Lansine Springfield Wise Friddie Austin E Russell Wesley Place.
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High Point Public Library
Manor Drive
Edgeview
Lindale
Locust
Norriss
St. John’s
Gordon
Kimrey
Cedrow
Arlington
Barbee
Fifth
W. College
North Drive
Woodrow
Forrest
Blain
Farriss
Terrell
Kimmons
Francis
Moore
Charles
Lansine
Springfield
Wise
Friddie
Austin
E. Russell
Wesley Place
Love a Walk with Love and Death by Hans Koningsberger
A novel set in 14th century France and England follows Heron de Foix fleeing Paris for Oxford. He endures war looting and capture, finds refuge at Dammartin with Claudia, and the pair cling to a fragile love amid widespread savagery and despair as they walk toward a hopeful fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Koningsberger
Simon & Schuster
Heron de Foix
Paris
Oxford
Learing
Channel Shore
Dammartin
Claudia
Koningsberger
France
Bookman's Holiday on the Timeless Appeal of Old Books
Neal Austin argues that newness does not define a book's value. A reader may discover lasting quality in Knut Hamsun and Willa Cather works older than today’s fashions. The true measure is the voice and meaning within, not publication dates or bestseller lists.
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Vanity Press
Eleanor Morehead
Esquire Magazine
Big Business
Miss Morehead
Vanity
Federal Trade Commission
National Better Business Bureau
Pan
Knut Hamsun
Willa Cather
Willa Man
Cather
Neal Austin
Action EPIDEMIC by Frank G Slaughter review
A early August New York hospital tale blends medicine and crime with international intrigue. The plot features a plague outbreak, teenage gangsters, and a hostile government scheme, presented with medical detail and moral framing. Bonnie Moore notes its implausible but deft storytelling.
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Frank G
Slaughter
Doubleday
Frank G. Slaughter
New York
New York City
Bonnie Moore
Not Quite THE DOUBLE AXE review
W. G. Rogers discusses Laur en R Stevens's Not Quite THE DOUBLE AXE, a Perkins Com memorative novel about Henry Sawyer moving to a Maine backwoods on the St John River to farm. The review notes family strains urban vs rural life, questionable fatherly authority, and the book's ambition but uneven finish while praising serious intent.
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Lauren R. Stevens
Scribners
Sawyer
Walden
Maine
Thoreau
Henry Sawyer
St. John River
Pasiphy
Henry
Canuck
Geroge
Valery
Hazel
Philip
Maxwell E. Perkins
Perkins
W. G. Rogers
Night the War Was Lost depicts fall of New Orleans
Civil War narrative by Charles L. Dufour recounts the capture of New Orleans and Farragut’s Mississippi campaign. The book features photographs and artwork including an engraving by Samuel Sartain after F. B. Schell and belongs to the Chicago Historical Society.
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New Orleans
Charles L. Dufour
Doubleday
Farragut
Mississippi
Samuel Sartain
F. B. Schell
Chicago Historical Society
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Bailey
S. Main St
Lustre Sheen’s
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Pine Street
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