Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 / 2008-07-02 00:00:00
EBOOK BRIDE OF THE MISTLETOE ***
Produced by Kevin Handy, Dave Maddock, and Distributed Proofreaders
THE BRIDE OF THE MISTLETOE
BY
JAMES LANE ALLEN
AUTHOR OF "FLUTE AND VIOLIN," "A KENTUCKY CARDINAL," "AFTERMATH," ETC.
TO ONE WHO KNOWS
Je crois que pour produire il ne faut pas trop raissoner. Mais il
faut regarder beaucoup et songer a ce qu'on a vu. Voir: tout est la,
et voir juste. J'entends, par voir juste, voir avec ses propres yeux
et non avec ceux des maitres. L'originalite d'un artiste s'indique
d'abord dans les petites choses et non dans les grandes.
Il faut trouver aux choses une signification qui n'a pas encore
decouverte et tacher de l'exprimer d'une facon personelle.
--GUY DE MAUPASSANT.
PREFACE
Any one about to read this work of fiction might properly be apprised
beforehand that it is not a novel: it has neither the structure nor
the purpose of The Novel.
It is a story. There are two characters--a middle-aged married couple
living in a plain farmhouse; one point on the field of human nature is
located; at that point one subject is treated; in the treatment one
movement is directed toward one climax; no external event whatsoever
is introduced; and the time is about forty hours.
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