Project Gutenberg 2008-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 135 Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) 1876 1944 Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury 22008944 Sundry Accounts Darkness -- The cater-cornered sex -- A short natural history -- It could happen again to-morrow -- The ravelin' wolf -- "Worth 10,000" -- Mr. Lobel's apoplexy -- Alas, the poor Whiffletit! -- Plentiful valley -- A tale of wet days. E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Sundry Accounts" by Irvin S. Cobb is a fiction work written in the early 20th century. The book primarily revolves around the character Dudley Stackpole, who becomes a tragic figure in his town after killing a man in a duel, an event that haunts him and shapes his interaction with the world around him. It explores themes of guilt, social isolation, and the human struggle with one's past. The opening of the narrative introduces a mysterious house on Clay Street, continually illuminated by lights despite the darkness surrounding it. The curious stranger learns from Squire Jonas that its occupant, Dudley Stackpole, lives in this perpetual brightness out of fear of the dark due to a violent incident from his past. The townspeople regard him as a tragic character, marked by his remorse and obsessive avoidance of darkness, suggesting a profound exploration of memory, regret, and the psychological burdens carried by individuals in close-knit communities. As Stackpole's past and the impact of his actions begin to unfold, the tone hints at the deeper implications of guilt and societal judgment that will be explored throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 650582 650443 2024-09-11T13:15:52.024382 2023-09-12T07:02:01.756312 text/html text/html 663463 2008-12-07T14:20:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 269293 2008-12-07T14:22:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 331217 2024-09-11T13:16:01.216813 application/epub+zip 336370 2024-09-11T13:15:54.012871 application/epub+zip 327647 2024-09-11T13:15:52.872885 application/epub+zip 565671 2024-09-11T13:16:06.797788 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 522302 2024-09-11T13:16:00.235843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513926 2022-09-12T14:39:21.334010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607135 607038 2024-09-11T13:15:50.798363 2023-09-12T07:02:00.613314 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 606846 2008-12-07T14:18:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 245296 2008-12-07T14:18:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 606872 2008-12-07T14:18:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 245211 2008-12-07T14:18:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20799 2024-09-11T13:16:06.948777 application/rdf+xml 14029 2024-09-11T13:15:53.264857 image/jpeg 3603 2024-09-11T13:15:53.074855 image/jpeg 314049 2024-09-11T13:15:52.085867 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