Project Gutenberg 2005-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 85 Ellis, Havelock 1859 1939 Ellis, Henry Havelock Impressions and Comments Reading ease score: 55.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Text file produced by S.R. Ellison, Eric Eldred and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Impressions and Comments" by Havelock Ellis is a collection of personal reflections and observations written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a chronicle of the author's thoughts on a variety of topics, from the social conditions of his time to musings on art and nature. It offers insights into human behavior and the cultural shifts occurring in a rapidly modernizing society. The opening of the book features a preface where Ellis explains his intention to share his spontaneous notes, likening them to scattered leaves that reflect his personal engagements with the world. He discusses a scene he witnessed late at night, where a distressed young woman struggles to maintain her balance against a wall, ignored by passersby until one compassionate woman stops to inquire about her well-being. This moment embodies Ellis's concern for the growing urban indifference to communal caring and the role of women in offering instinctive support. The narrative transitions through various reflections on life and art, setting the stage for a series of contemplative observations that explore the beauty and absurdity of human existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English essays PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 376884 376885 2024-10-04T05:54:21.568686 2023-10-04T06:06:44.929290 text/html text/html 377159 2013-05-20T12:58:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 138474 2013-05-20T13:01:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 217191 2024-10-04T05:54:29.304658 application/epub+zip 221909 2024-10-04T05:54:24.993683 application/epub+zip 204654 2024-10-04T05:54:23.693710 application/epub+zip 406195 2024-10-04T05:54:32.676641 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388938 2024-10-04T05:54:28.479702 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341387 2022-09-04T09:00:31.328916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336979 336841 2024-10-04T05:54:21.010703 2023-10-04T06:06:44.475240 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 336643 2013-05-20T12:59:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133379 2013-05-20T13:01:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 336639 2013-05-20T12:59:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133279 2013-05-20T13:01:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21105 2024-10-04T05:54:32.802631 application/rdf+xml 15225 2024-10-04T05:54:24.234683 image/jpeg 4084 2024-10-04T05:54:23.963686 image/jpeg 214819 2024-10-04T05:54:21.600707 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