The sea lady - a tissue of moonshine
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Review by Ivan:
Another gem from the master. Great passages of brilliant prose. It starts as a comedy of manners with elements of fantasy - there's a mermaid.
Then it gets darker as we come to suspect the sea lady's motives...why did she come, what does she mean to do....how will this end. You'll have to read it to find out.
This really should be better known. It came during the master's peak period between 1895 and 1905. Place this with the best of his work.
The chapters are:
I. THE COMING OF THE SEA LADY ... I
II. SOME FIRST IMPRESSIONS .... 30
III. THE EPISODE OF THE VARIOUS JOURNALISTS. 70
IV. THE QUALITY OF PARKER .... 89
V. THE ABSENCE AND RETURN OF MR. HARRY CHATTERIS 101
VI. SYMPTOMATIC 133
VII. THE CRISIS ..... 205
VIII. MOONSHINE TRIUMPHANT 286
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