Project Gutenberg 2012-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 211 Bates, Arlo 1850 1918 A Book o' Nine Tales. 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 Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction Short stories, American PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Novels Category: American Literature 422103 2025-06-16T16:53:31.937999 text/html 436841 2012-10-26T13:26:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 357441 2025-06-16T16:53:39.861973 application/epub+zip 360284 2025-06-16T16:53:33.472012 application/epub+zip 237186 2025-06-16T16:53:32.705020 application/epub+zip 504624 2025-06-16T16:53:44.477976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451061 2025-06-16T16:53:38.980964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328866 2022-09-18T19:17:53.969152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364579 2023-09-18T05:21:30.965699 text/plain 15955 2025-06-16T16:53:44.638946 application/rdf+xml 18649 2025-06-16T16:53:32.814993 image/jpeg 2424 2025-06-16T16:53:32.760011 image/jpeg 328524 2025-06-16T16:53:32.007038 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