Project Gutenberg 2012-08-14 Public domain in the USA. 191 Baxter, Beverley 1891 1964 Baxter, Arthur Beverley The Blower of Bubbles Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. The blower of bubbles -- Petite Simunde -- The man who scoffed -- The airy prince -- Mr. Craighouse of New York, satirist. Produced by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Blower of Bubbles" by Arthur Beverley Baxter is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The volume features various narratives exploring the lives of individuals affected by the aftermath of war, particularly focusing on English society. The opening story introduces the main character, a young man named Basil Norman, known as the "Blower of Bubbles," who navigates the melancholic atmosphere of post-war London while reflecting on themes of love, loss, and artistic expression. At the start of the book, the protagonist finds himself in a gloomy mood on Christmas Eve in Sloane Square, surrounded by the contrasting cheer of the holiday season. Through a series of encounters, he engages in conversations that reveal his cynical and introspective nature. The arrival of Basil Norman, a friend from his past, brings a shift in the narrative, as their interactions juxtapose Norman's optimism and vivacity against the protagonist's brooding melancholy. The opening sets a tone of exploration into the depths of human emotion, love, and the complexities of life that emerge against the backdrop of a changed world shaped by war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40501/40501-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 409833 409582 2024-10-17T06:44:24.492850 2023-09-17T14:40:57.252682 text/html text/html 408877 2012-08-14T15:33:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 209694 2012-08-14T15:34:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 219511 2024-10-17T06:44:30.329883 application/epub+zip 225827 2024-10-17T06:44:25.315879 application/epub+zip 219023 2024-10-17T06:44:24.904909 application/epub+zip 341686 2024-10-17T06:44:34.235839 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331619 2024-10-17T06:44:29.943886 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324926 2022-09-18T14:16:08.118633 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379001 378828 2024-10-17T06:44:23.381927 2023-09-17T14:40:56.292678 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 378806 2012-08-14T15:33:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 152143 2012-08-14T15:34:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 378803 2012-08-14T15:33:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152041 2012-08-14T15:34:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21473 2024-10-17T06:44:34.375849 application/rdf+xml 16791 2024-10-17T06:44:24.991907 image/jpeg 2568 2024-10-17T06:44:24.948847 image/jpeg 210554 2024-10-17T06:44:24.532896 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