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Автор: Crane Stephen
Название: The Monster and Other Stories
ISBN: 9789353833534
Издательство: Throne Classics
Классификация:

Модернистская и современная художественная литература

Классическая художественная литература (до 1945 Г.)

Остросюжетная художественная литература / произведения с напряжённой интригой

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ISBN-10: 9353833531
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 142
Вес: 0.33 кг.
Дата издания: 15.08.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 216 x 140 x 13
Читательская аудитория: Children / juvenile
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Поставляется из: США
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After being admonished by his father, Dr. Ned Trescott, for damaging a peony while playing in his familys yard, young Jimmie Trescott visits his familys coachman, Henry Johnson. Henry, who is described as a very handsome negro, known to be a light, a weight, and an eminence in the suburb of the town, is friendly toward Jimmie. Later that evening Henry dresses smartly and saunters through town--inciting catcalls from friends and ridicule from the local white men--on his way to call on the young Bella Farragut, who is extremely taken with him.

That same evening, a large crowd gathers in the park to hear a band play. Suddenly, the nearby factory whistle blows to alert the townspeople of a fire in the second district of the town; men gather hose-carts and head toward the blaze that is quickly spreading throughout Dr. Trescotts house. Mrs. Trescott is saved by a neighbor, but cannot locate Jimmie, who is trapped inside. Henry appears from the crowd and rushes into the house in search of the boy, finding him unharmed in his bedroom. Unable to retreat the way he came, Henry carries Jimmie, wrapped in a blanket, to the doctors laboratory and the hidden stairway that leads outside. He discovers the fire has blocked this way out as well and collapses beside Dr. Trescotts desk. A row of nearby jars shatters from the heat, spilling molten chemicals upon Henrys upturned face.

Dr. Trescott returns home to find his house ablaze; after he is told by his hysterical wife that Jimmie is still inside, he rushes into the house by way of the laboratorys hidden passageway. He finds Jimmie still wrapped in the blanket and carries him outside. Hearing that Henry is inside the house, Dr. Trescott attempts to re-enter, but is held back. Another man goes into the house and returns with the badly burned thing that used to be Henry Johnson. The injured men and boy are taken to Judge Denning Hagenthorpes house across the street to be treated, but while it is thought that Dr. Trescott and Jimmie will survive their injuries, Henry is pronounced as good as dead; he is mourned as a hero by the town.

The Monster and Other Stories, Crane Stephen