Project Gutenberg 2012-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 67 Bates, Arlo 1850 1918 A Book o' Nine Tales. Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. A strange idyl -- An episode in mask -- The tuberose -- An evening at whist -- Saucy Betty Mork -- Mrs. Fruffles is at home -- John Vantine -- The radiator -- Mère Marchette -- "Such sweet sorrow" -- Barum West's extravaganza -- A business meeting -- A sketch in umber -- Thirteen -- April's lady -- A Cuban morning -- Delia Grimwet. Produced by sp1nd, eagkw and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Book o' Nine Tales" by Arlo Bates is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The book opens with a tale about a mysterious wounded man found on the shore after a shipwreck, who struggles with amnesia regarding his identity. The narrative explores themes of memory, love, and the mystery of personal history through the eyes of Columbine Dysart, the young woman caring for him, as well as the stranger's perplexing past. At the start of the book, the reader meets a sick and delirious man lying in bed, unable to remember anything about himself, while a kind young nurse named Columbine tends to him. Their interactions reveal the girl's curiosity about his identity, which she weaves into her imagination as a romantic fantasy. As the man begins to regain consciousness and the light of reason in his eyes, he expresses confusion about his very existence, asking who he is. The opening sets the stage for an exploration of the characters’ evolving relationship, the poignant search for belonging, and the layers of mystery surrounding the stranger’s life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41189/41189-h/images/front_cover.jpg en Fiction Short stories, American PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 421639 421667 2024-10-17T10:49:06.844028 2023-09-18T05:21:32.103700 text/html text/html 436841 2012-10-26T13:26:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 329491 2012-10-26T13:26:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 357295 2024-10-17T10:49:14.300958 application/epub+zip 360284 2024-10-17T10:49:08.313993 application/epub+zip 237192 2024-10-17T10:49:07.595991 application/epub+zip 504891 2024-10-17T10:49:18.751945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451053 2024-10-17T10:49:13.517967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328866 2022-09-18T19:17:53.969152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364772 364579 2024-10-17T10:49:05.437996 2023-09-18T05:21:30.965699 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 364601 2012-10-26T13:26:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 141389 2012-10-26T13:26:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 364594 2012-10-26T13:26:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141314 2012-10-26T13:26:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21815 2024-10-17T10:49:18.897919 application/rdf+xml 18649 2024-10-17T10:49:07.695990 image/jpeg 2424 2024-10-17T10:49:07.646974 image/jpeg 328422 2024-10-17T10:49:06.902988 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