Project Gutenberg 2016-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 232 Marquis, Don 1878 1937 Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis, D. R. (Donald Robert) Carter, and Other People Carter -- Old man Murtrie -- Never say die -- McDermott -- Looney the Mutt -- Kale -- Bubbles -- The chances of the street -- The professor's awakening -- The penitent -- The locked box -- Behind the curtain -- Words and thoughts (a play in one act). Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "Carter, and Other People" by Don Marquis is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The opening story, "Carter," follows the experiences of a man named Carter, who grapples with his mixed heritage as a mulatto in the American South and later in New York, exploring themes of identity, race, and social acceptance. Through Carter's eyes, the story reveals the internal struggles and societal challenges faced by individuals caught between two worlds. The opening of the book introduces Carter as he reflects on his life from childhood to adulthood. Born in Atlanta, he is acutely aware of his racial identity, feeling the pain of being neither fully accepted in the white community nor in the black community. The narrative captures his fleeting moments of self-acceptance intertwined with intense feelings of bitterness and envy, especially toward his half-brother, Willoughby Howard, who enjoys the privileges of their shared white ancestry. As Carter moves to New York seeking a better life, he finds his internal conflict deepening, especially when he falls in love with a woman who seems indifferent to his racial identity, ultimately leading to a heartbreaking self-rejection when he cannot reconcile with who he is in a society rigidly divided by race. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories, American American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 468647 2025-06-20T18:02:08.448401 text/html 465184 2024-10-23T00:26:01 text/html 394140 2025-06-20T18:02:16.303369 application/epub+zip 399435 2025-06-20T18:02:09.831502 application/epub+zip 230979 2025-06-20T18:02:09.053431 application/epub+zip 526037 2025-06-20T18:02:21.036313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495072 2025-06-20T18:02:15.645376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327460 2022-09-23T16:47:40.398294 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396257 2025-06-20T18:02:07.545474 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 376533 2024-10-23T00:26:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16800 2025-06-20T18:02:21.211346 application/rdf+xml 12629 2025-06-20T18:02:09.210452 image/jpeg 2154 2025-06-20T18:02:09.129368 image/jpeg 380305 2025-06-20T18:02:08.519384 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