Project Gutenberg 2004-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 63 Le Gallienne, Richard 1866 1947 Gallienne, Richard Le LeGallienne, Richard 12036164 Prose Fancies (Second Series) A seventh-story heaven -- Spring by parcel post -- The great merry-go-round -- The burial of Romeo and Juliet -- Variations upon whitebait -- The answer of the rose -- About the securities -- The boom in yellow -- Letter to an unsuccessful literary man -- A poet in the city -- Brown roses -- The donkey that loved a star -- On loving one's enemies -- The dramatic art of life -- The arbitrary classification of sex -- The fallacy of a nation -- The greatness of man -- Death and two friends -- A seaport in the moon. Produced by Brendan Lane, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Prose Fancies (Second Series)" by Richard Le Gallienne is a collection of essays and poetic reflections written in the late 19th century. The work explores themes of love, beauty, and the artistic spirit, likely presenting a whimsical yet profound view of life through a lens that combines both poetry and prose. It opens with rich imagery and the story of a poor poet and a beautiful girl who create their own paradise in a seventh-story room, illustrating the juxtaposition of their humble existence with the joys of love and creativity. At the start of the collection, readers are introduced to the protagonist, a poet who resides at the top of a tall, dingy office building with his beloved, referred to as Beauty. This opening segment vividly describes their unconventional quarters, highlighting their struggles yet intimate happiness created through simple pleasures such as music and shared meals. The narrative captures their resourcefulness as they devise ways to afford a celebratory dinner, emphasizing the warmth of their relationship amid the stark backdrop of their surroundings. Through whimsical interactions and heartfelt poetry, the text conveys the beauty found in love and the arts, suggesting that true richness lies not in material wealth but in shared experiences and emotions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English essays PR Text Browsing: Literature 235203 235429 2024-09-06T10:20:47.969294 2023-10-06T11:47:59.382210 text/html text/html 232722 2020-12-18T17:40:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 91329 2020-12-18T17:40:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 147338 2024-09-06T10:20:52.514265 application/epub+zip 149116 2024-09-06T10:20:49.261286 application/epub+zip 149115 2024-09-06T10:20:48.460278 application/epub+zip 286143 2024-09-06T10:20:55.116251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276784 2024-09-06T10:20:51.992297 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277717 2022-09-07T14:35:54.297814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220359 220275 2024-09-06T10:20:47.546331 2023-10-06T11:47:58.968229 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 220244 2020-12-18T17:40:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 88209 2020-12-18T17:40:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 220240 2020-12-18T17:40:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88173 2020-12-18T17:40:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20305 2024-09-06T10:20:55.251250 application/rdf+xml 15044 2024-09-06T10:20:48.809296 image/jpeg 3615 2024-09-06T10:20:48.629290 image/jpeg 147242 2024-09-06T10:20:47.991313 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia