Project Gutenberg 2011-02-05 Public domain in the USA. 449 Pain, Barry 1864 1928 Pain, Barry Eric Odell Here and Hereafter Mala -- The feast and the reckoning -- Post-mortem -- The girl with the beautiful hair -- The widower -- The unfinished game -- Sparkling burgundy -- The act of heroism -- Some notes on Cyrus Verd -- The four-fingered hand -- The tower -- The futility of William Penarden -- The pathos of the commonplace -- The night of glory -- An idyll of the sea -- The magic rings -- The unseen power -- A brisk engagement -- Hasheesh -- The gardener -- The scent. Produced by Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Here and Hereafter" by Barry Pain is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The opening tale, "Mala," introduces the character of a medical doctor as he encounters a fair-haired man named Tarn, who urgently seeks his assistance for his wife, a negress, who is in labor. This piece delves into themes of race, social position, and the complexities of human emotions surrounding life and death. At the start of the story, the doctor leaves his comfortable surroundings to assist the distressed Tarn, who lives in a remote area called Felonsdene. As they journey together, the doctor learns more about Tarn's life and his foreign wife, Mala. The narrative is imbued with a sense of suspense and curiosity as the doctor grapples with his feelings about the couple’s unconventional situation and the strange aura that surrounds their remote home, setting the stage for deeper explorations of identity, love, and existential concerns as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction Short stories PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories 584100 2025-06-14T10:38:03.496275 text/html 592357 2011-02-05T16:39:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 203646 2011-02-05T16:39:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 277813 2025-06-14T10:38:18.987194 application/epub+zip 281033 2025-06-14T10:38:07.385274 application/epub+zip 281034 2025-06-14T10:38:05.154286 application/epub+zip 523754 2025-06-14T10:38:25.319185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497469 2025-06-14T10:38:16.479232 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472585 2022-09-16T07:13:48.761972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 515838 2025-06-14T10:38:01.533306 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 515700 2011-02-05T16:39:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 189419 2011-02-05T16:39:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 515705 2011-02-05T16:39:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189311 2011-02-05T16:39:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20659 2025-06-14T10:38:25.495181 application/rdf+xml 11538 2025-06-14T10:38:05.787251 image/jpeg 3143 2025-06-14T10:38:05.469276 image/jpeg 257830 2025-06-14T10:38:03.543310 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia