Project Gutenberg 2019-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 298 Barnes, Djuna 1892 1982 Steptoe, Lydia 23014379 A Book Illustrated by the author. A night among the horses -- Three from the earth -- The valet -- To the dogs -- Beyond the end -- Pastoral -- Oscar -- Antique -- Katrina Silverstaff -- Hush before love -- The robin's house -- Paradise -- No-man's-mare -- Six songs of Khalidine -- The dove -- Mother -- Song in autumn -- The nigger -- Lullaby -- Indian summer -- I'd have you think of me -- The rabbit -- The flowering corpse -- A boy asks a question of a lady -- First Communion -- Finis. Produced by Richard Tonsing, Tim Lindell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "A Book" by Djuna Barnes is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The work explores various themes through richly drawn characters, often delving into the complexities of human emotions, relationships, and societal expectations. The opening portion introduces a character named John, who is deeply intertwined with horses, reflecting his inner turmoil and contrasting desires for freedom versus societal constraints. The beginning of the collection opens with "A Night Among the Horses," where John, a stable boy, finds himself drawn to the wildness and beauty of the horses while grappling with feelings of isolation and conflict in his life. As he observes the freedom of the horses, he reflects on his interactions with Freda Buckler, a woman who represents both allure and the societal expectations he struggles against. This portion sets a tone of longing and existential questioning, establishing a vivid backdrop of nature and human emotion that is likely to resonate throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American poetry -- 20th century Short stories, American American drama -- 20th century American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Category: Short Stories 344969 2025-06-24T08:46:45.604787 text/html 324892 2024-10-17T15:15:38 text/html 629550 2025-06-24T08:46:54.203800 application/epub+zip 626941 2025-06-24T08:46:47.152805 application/epub+zip 204800 2025-06-24T08:46:46.361761 application/epub+zip 708033 2025-06-24T08:46:58.404742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 677417 2025-06-24T08:46:53.101780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256256 2022-09-27T14:16:05.132068 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267646 2025-06-24T08:46:44.417795 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 247841 2024-10-17T15:15:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17434 2025-06-24T08:46:58.564700 application/rdf+xml 11046 2025-06-24T08:46:46.483774 image/jpeg 2070 2025-06-24T08:46:46.422766 image/jpeg 587147 2025-06-24T08:46:45.651797 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