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A war doesn’t merely kill off a few thousand or a few hundred thousand young men. It kills off something in a people that can never be brought back. And if a people goes through enough wars, pretty soon all that’s left is the brute, the creature we —you and I and others like us —have brought up from the slime.. (p35/36)
— Mar 07, 2026 01:19AM
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Eric Maas
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7. Deaths in the family.
Both Stoner and Edith leave (separately) for the funeral. During Edith’s prolonged leave, both go through some changes and it appears more trouble will come from her.
— Mar 14, 2026 07:13AM
Both Stoner and Edith leave (separately) for the funeral. During Edith’s prolonged leave, both go through some changes and it appears more trouble will come from her.
Eric Maas
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Now they were in the earth to which they had given their lives; and slowly, year by year, the earth would take them. Slowly the damp and rot would infest the pine boxes which held their bodies, and slowly it would touch their flesh, and finally it would consume the last vestiges of their substances. And they would become a meaningless part of that stubborn earth to which they had long ago given themselves.
— Mar 11, 2026 11:27AM
Eric Maas
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6. Death of Archer Sloane. Lomax. Housewarming. Resignation in an almost pleasing life, if it weren’t for Edith and his lost feelings of desire…
— Mar 11, 2026 06:25AM
Eric Maas
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5. Edith wants a child.
I have recognized Edith. I’ve known three Ediths intimately myself and it sends me shivers. I confess, I still have the same soft spot that makes me see her as a fascinating and vulnerable woman who you can’t but support as much as possible. Stoner is sweet and helpless against the madness of borderline and dissociation. Going to be a tough read if this is the scope of the book…
— Mar 11, 2026 05:17AM
I have recognized Edith. I’ve known three Ediths intimately myself and it sends me shivers. I confess, I still have the same soft spot that makes me see her as a fascinating and vulnerable woman who you can’t but support as much as possible. Stoner is sweet and helpless against the madness of borderline and dissociation. Going to be a tough read if this is the scope of the book…
Eric Maas
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For a few moments in the evening, then, they talked quietly and casually, as if they were old friends or exhausted enemies.
— Mar 11, 2026 05:02AM
Eric Maas
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4. Marriage, honeymoon in St. Louis.
From the start it’s a mismatch and throughout the chapter I found myself hoping, rooting for Stronger and for Edith opening up. The social veneer with which she shows some playfulness during the day leaves you thinking it could happen, but no. It’s most depressing.
— Mar 09, 2026 05:29PM
From the start it’s a mismatch and throughout the chapter I found myself hoping, rooting for Stronger and for Edith opening up. The social veneer with which she shows some playfulness during the day leaves you thinking it could happen, but no. It’s most depressing.
Eric Maas
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3. Archer Sloane deteriorating. Edith Elaine Bostwick. The dissatisfactions of Horace and Mrs. Bostwick.
Stoner is awfully forward, declaring his love and proposing. I can see the attraction, but fear that her guarding him off may play a part in that. She could be lovely, but, even if she is sincere about marriage, there’s a lot of work for her to do. For him too of course. So who knows, maybe they are a match.
— Mar 07, 2026 09:46AM
Stoner is awfully forward, declaring his love and proposing. I can see the attraction, but fear that her guarding him off may play a part in that. She could be lovely, but, even if she is sincere about marriage, there’s a lot of work for her to do. For him too of course. So who knows, maybe they are a match.
Eric Maas
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2. Stoner, Masters, Finch. The decision not to join the war.
— Mar 07, 2026 01:38AM
