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Prologue[1939]
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"It was
a dismal November day..." (p.1) --
"...the biography of a Frenchman, still
living..." [=Gide] (p.3) -- "Translations ... had
appeared in sixteen countries..." (p.4) -- "On
occasion I had...pruned his too flowery style..." (p.5)
-- "My early friends were famous men..." (p.10)
-- "That night I ... [began] ... the story of MY LIFE
AS A WRITER IN CANADA." (p.11) |
Part
One: Childhood (Books I+II in 5 Parts)
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| I. pt.1 |
"If, in a state of prenatal existence..." |
| I. pt.2 |
"I must have been about twelve years old..." |
| I. pt.3 |
"I was given my instructions..." |
| II. pt.1 |
"My earliest distinct and undoubted memory..." |
| II. pt.2 |
"Whenever she talked to me of my father..." |
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Part
Two: Youth (Books III+IV in 3 Parts)
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| III |
"I spent the summer at home, riding,
rowing,..." |
| IV. pt.1 |
"I was restless during that summer..." |
| IV. pt.2 |
"In times gone by..." |
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Part
Three: Manhood (Books V-IX in 8 Parts)
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| V. pt.1 |
"It may seem strange that, even before..." |
| V. pt.2 |
"In 1903, I spent ... the winter in northern
Europe..." |
| VI. |
"Carefully, step for step, ... I went over
my life..." |
| VII. pt.1 |
"For over a year and a half, my life..."
[in Haskett] |
| VII. pt.2 |
"And now for the decisive event..."
[Miss Wiens] |
| VIII. pt.1 |
"I racked my brain for the best means..." |
| VIII. pt.2 |
"One morning, July 1st, ..." [26 mile
drive to Leifur] |
| [IX.] |
"Winter had now come on in earnest ..." [in
Eden] |
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Part
Four: And After (Books X-XIV)
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| X. |
"At Eden we remained for a single year..." |
| XI. |
"In the spring of 1926 ..." [Settlers] |
| XII. |
"In town, it was generally expected
..." [Rapid City] |
| XIII. |
"And now, in this record, I have arrived..." |
| XIV. |
"How, in these years from 1931 to 1940..." |
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p.458: "The
above record closes in the year 1939..." -- Since
1938: "panoramic novel" [The
Seasons]. -- 1944: stroke & pension,
Can. Writers Foundation. |
F. P. Grove's In Search of Myself
