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PART THE FIRST

by LovelyMay — Part the First begins with the stark image of men retreating from the world to the arid wilderness near the Nile, where silence rules and devotion replaces comfort. These hermits, both solitary and communal, live by rigid codes that reject indulgence in favor of spiritual purity. Their days are filled with fasting, sleepless nights, and prayers whispered to the heavens, all efforts directed at overcoming the inherited stain of sin. These ascetics believe that through pain and denial, the soul might ascend…
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Part IX — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part IX begins on the familiar corner of South Clark Street, where the noise of the city hums and Tony's newsstand remains unchanged. His hands, thick with calluses, flip through papers from around the world. The sun catches the headlines of foreign tongues, and still, locals come—drawn less by the news and more by the memories these papers carry. One woman, sharp-heeled and steady-eyed, steps forward. Her voice is smooth but colored by a distant ache when she asks for the Kewaskum Courier. It’s a name…
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Part IV — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part IV begins in a small Midwestern town just as Ivy Keller returns from finishing school, filled with polished manners and romantic daydreams shaped by poetry and novels. Her days stretch long and uneventful until she notices Rudie Schlachweiler, the town's celebrated pitcher. With his square jaw and local fame, Rudie quickly becomes more than a passing interest. Ivy, once indifferent to baseball, finds herself at every game, learning the rhythms of the sport just to watch him pitch. Her admiration…
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Part III — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part III introduces readers to a cramped corner of downtown where worn floorboards creak under the steps of overworked shopgirls and silent managers. In this crowded loft shoe department, Sophy Epstein, dressed in a clinging black gown with more audacity than refinement, catches the eye—and judgment—of her colleagues. Her outfit isn’t chosen from vanity but from necessity mixed with bold defiance. The dress, too shiny and too snug, challenges both her poverty and the dull grayness of her routine. For…
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Part II — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part II begins with a man stepping off the train, not in shame, but with a heavy past tucked under his coat and a name that carries weight in a town that hasn’t forgotten. Ted Terrill, once a young man with prospects, returns home bearing the scars of failure, though none visible to the eye. His time in prison had been softened by progressive ideals—no bars, no chains, just a uniformed routine of baseball and discipline. He does not carry the look of the broken, but inside, shame still coils tightly.…
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Part I — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part I opens not with polished grandeur or dramatic skyline scenes but with a sly detour from literary convention, settling instead into a worn corner of Chicago life. The setting is rooted in the Nottingham curtain district, where hand-washed linens hang limp, and "Rooms With or Without Board" signs dominate the stoops. In this smoky stretch of working-class tenements lives Gertie, a department store clerk whose days are spent on sore feet and whose nights are occupied by a beauty regimen that owes more…
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Parade

by testsuphomeAdmin — Rachel Cusk's Parade is a sharp meditation on performance, identity, and art. Following a renowned theater director, the novel explores the blurred lines between reality and illusion as she navigates creative ambition and personal disillusionment. With Cusk’s signature precision, Parade questions the roles we play in life.
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PANIC FEARS

by LovelyMay — Panic Fears begins with a deeply atmospheric account that unsettles the senses and stirs the imagination. On a warm and silent July night, the narrator travels down a lonely country road to fetch the evening's newspapers. The world feels hushed, suspended in a strange kind of stillness, when suddenly he spots a flickering light on the village belfry—a light that defies explanation. There is no practical reason for it to be lit, no recent events that would account for it. His mind races to rationalize…
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One Way In

by LovelyMay — One Way In opens with a surreal drift into the afterlife, not with fire or golden gates, but with Samuel Carter stepping through a green baize door into what resembles an upscale government office. The space is orderly and slightly dull, lacking the grandeur or terror one might expect. Carter, neither startled nor overly curious, treats the scene with polite detachment, as if checking into a club. The room’s only real feature is a large table where Rhadamanthus—the mythic judge of the dead—sits with…
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One Basket

by LovelyMay — One Basket is a collection of short stories by Edna Ferber, published in 1912. The stories explore themes of love, ambition, and human resilience, often set in small-town America. Ferber's sharp wit and keen observations of everyday life shine through in these character-driven narratives.
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3. The Maternal Feminine [1919]
  
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