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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1939
Page
6
Martha Ostenso’s Prologue follows Autumn Dean’s return to Kamloops estate after abroad. Hector Cardigan warns of change while Autumn recalls family history, Odell women’s spell and a distant hero Bruce Landor. Autumn reunites with father Jarvis Dean amid tense surprise and memory.
Autumn returns to her family home to confront a strained dynamic with her father Jarvis Dean and the aging housekeeper Hannah. She asserts she will stay, while the elder Deans grapple with tradition, memory, and looming social judgment as the household adjusts to her presence.
Jarvis Dean and his daughter Autumn ride toward Landor's Gulch to visit Absolom Peek, recalling Geoffrey Landor's death and legends of his ghost among birches by the creek. Autumn teases her father as he wrestles with pride, memory, and a fading world. The scene hints at a history of loss and unresolved tragedy.
A list of trivia prompts asks about independence squares and red or union squares, differences between parole and probation, a continent starting with A not ending with a, correct phrasing of any body, whether a president's child was born in the White House, US cities south of the North Pole, estimated education levels, fly leaves in books, dimensions of Victoria Falls, and the deathbed quote of a famous person.
A dated quiz lists facts such as the sole Presidential child born in the White House, national education levels, college graduate share, a marker on inside cover, Victoria Falls details, and Queen Elizabeth of England.
A list of brief items mentions cities Philadelphia Moscow New York and London, a definition of parole and probation, and a note on Afghanistan. It ends with a remark about Grover Cleveland's daughter Esther and her September birthday.
A Stevenson quotation urges readiness for daily battles, toil, suffering, and death. It emphasizes inner nobility without public acclaim, noting no drums or crowds accompany our daily victories or defeats.
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