Power of commonplace characters in great novels
The Atlantic argues that novels gain vitality by patient exposition of ordinary people. It notes Thackeray, Scott, and George Eliot show how everyday figures become interesting through moral struggle and subtle, character shaping details.
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Humorous quirks and quick wits in old quotes
Snippets tell of a pneumonia patient who outsmarted a doctor with a hot tea thermometer and a line about not being dead but not cured. A south journeying tourist hears tales of cyclone fire and an earthquake that would shake potatoes out of the ground. Small jokes on manners, feet, begging, and law close the varied clipping.
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Hadn't Used Any Hysteria In Illness Report
An art gallery exhibitor, a lady of title, recovers from a severe illness after overwork with water colors. A nurse attributes the attack to long painting hours, while the doctor questions hysteria. The nurse evasively confirms the artwork was all watercolor and praised as real beauties.
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Censoring Shakespeare and Other Oddities from a Distant Page
A collage of clipped anecdotes notes a Turkish censor altering Shakespeare’s Othello by removing Cyprus and proposing Corfu for treaty reasons, plus remarks on northern quiet, gambling across cultures, a school board joke, and a jokey jury verdict tale.
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Scrofula and its blood cure claim by Swift Specific Co
The ad describes scrofula as a hereditary blood disease causing swelling ulcers and bone deformities. It touts S. S. S. as a constitutional blood remedy that allegedly cleanses tainted blood and cures the condition, with free physician advice from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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