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| 1. | THE TRIUMPH OF THE NUT | [1] |
| | or Too Many Marriages. | |
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| 2. | THE FLAME THAT FAILED | [10] |
| | Réchaufféd from “The Vehement Flame.” | |
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| 3. | BLACKER OXEN | [20] |
| | by Gertrude Otherton. | |
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| 4. | GLIMPSING THE MOON | [35] |
| | With an obeisance to Edith Wharton. | |
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| 5. | THE VANISHING POINT | [47] |
| | With apologies to “The Breaking Point.” | |
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| 6. | BABBITT | [59] |
| | On Sinclair Lewis. | |
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| 7. | JOSEPH AND THE BRIGHT SHAWL | [70] |
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| 8. | THE JUDGE | [79] |
| | or Turning the Tea Tables. | |
| | Illustrating the influence of Henry James upon an otherwise perfectly good novelist, Rebecca West. | |
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| 9. | THE PERILS OF PEREGRINE | [84] |
| | à la Jeffrey Farnol. | |
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| 10. | ONE OF HERS | [94] |
| | Long after Willa Cather. | |
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| 11. | PARADISE BE DAMNED! | [105] |
| | by F. Scott Fitzjazzer. | |
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| 12. | THE TRIALS OF TRIONA | [119] |
| | In Locke Step. | |
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| 13. | CAPTAIN BLOODLESS | [128] |
| | an Episode— | |
| | Far from Sabatini. | |
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| 14. | SOME FREEDOM! | [135] |
| | “With a great price ($2.00) obtained I This Freedom!” | |
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| 15. | CERTAIN PEOPLE OF NO IMPORTANCE | [147] |
| | Not by Kathleen Norris. | |
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| 16. | THE BLUNDERER OF THE WASTELAND | [157] |
| | by Jane Grey. | |
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| 17. | THE DRY LAND | [170] |
| | Another kind of “Waste Land” inspired by T. S. Eliot. | |