Project Gutenberg 2024-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 183 Cabell, James Branch 1879 1958 Cabell, Branch 24029875 Straws and prayer-books; dizain des diversions $aUnited States :$bRobert M. McBride & Company, $c1924. Charlene Taylor, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Straws and Prayer-Books; Dizain des Diversions" by James Branch Cabell is a literary work that seems to blend essay and narrative, likely written in the early 20th century. The book delves into themes of the artistic process, exploring the motivations behind writing, the nature of fictional worlds, and the relationship between the author and the reader. Central figures in the opening passages include John Charteris, a character who expresses frustration over being a minor character in what he believes should be the author's narrative, setting up a meta-conversation about the role of the author and the nature of storytelling. The opening of "Straws and Prayer-Books" introduces us to a dialogue between the narrator and John Charteris, who feels overlooked as a character in the narrative. This conversation leads to musings on the purpose of writing and the author's motivations, suggesting that the act of writing is often a means of entertaining oneself rather than the audience. As they contemplate the essence of literature, Charteris critiques the common perception of authorship and questions the significance of why stories are told. The dialogue is humorous, philosophical, and reflective, serving as a prelude to exploring the broader implications of art, storytelling, and perhaps even the existential nature of creation itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/strawsprayerbook0000cabe/page/n5/mode/2up 20210627150024cabell 1924 US Reading ease score: 52.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Authorship PS Text Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 424807 2025-06-29T12:34:04.241756 text/html 399533 2024-11-16T04:36:29 text/html 379372 2025-06-29T12:34:10.451778 application/epub+zip 376552 2025-06-29T12:34:05.564783 application/epub+zip 295828 2025-06-29T12:34:04.874747 application/epub+zip 656419 2025-06-29T12:34:14.092782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 626110 2025-06-29T12:34:09.738763 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383347 2025-06-29T12:34:03.574807 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 363333 2024-11-16T04:36:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15961 2025-06-29T12:34:14.260698 application/rdf+xml 12597 2025-06-29T12:34:05.065738 image/jpeg 2358 2025-06-29T12:34:04.969737 image/jpeg 501475 2025-06-29T12:34:04.280778 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