The Absolute at Large By KAREL CAPE. First published in
1927.CONTENTS: CHAPTER PAOBI The Advertisement 7 The Karbitrator n
Pantheism 17IV. God in the Cellar, 23V Bishop Linda 29VI The
BoardMeeting 36VII Developments 41VIII The Dredge 46IX The Ceremony
53X Saint Ellen 59XI. The First Blow Struck 64XII Doctor Blahous
70XIII The Chroniclers Apology 75XIV The Land of Plenty 80XV
Disaster 86XVI In the Mountains 92XVII The Hammer and Star 98XVIII,
In the Night Editors Room 102XIX. The Process of Canonization 108XX
St Kilda 113XXI The Telegram 119XXII The Old Patriot 124XXIII. The
Augsburg Imbroglio 130CONTENTSCHAPTER PAGEXXIV. The Napoleon of the
MountainBrigade 136XXV. The socalled Greatest War 141XXVI. The
Battle of Hradec Kralove 145XXVII. A Coral Island in the Pacific
150XXVIII. At Seven Cottages 155XXIX. The Last Battle 159XXX. The
End of Everything 163. CHAPTER I: THE ADVERTISEMENT. ONE New Years
Day, 1943, G H Bondy, head of the great Metallo Electncal Company,
was sitting as usual reading his paper He skipped the news from the
theatre of war rather disrespectfully, avoided the Cabinet crisis,
then crowded onsail for the Peoples Journal, which had grown long
ago tofive times its ancient size, now afforded enough canvas for
an ocean voyage for the Finance and Commerce section Here he
cruised about for quite a while, then furled his sails, and
abandoned himself to his thoughtsThe Coal Crisis he said to himself
Mines getting worked out the Ostrava basin suspending work for
years.Heavens above, its a sheer disaster Well have to importUpper
Silesian coal. Just work out what that will add to thecost of our
manufactures, and then talk about competition.Were in a pretty fix
And if Germany raises her tariff, wemay as well shut up shop And
the Industrial Banks goingdown, too What a wretched state of
affairs What a hopeless, stupid, stifling state of affairs Oh, damn
the crisisHere G H Bondy, Chairman of the Board of Directors, came
to a pause Something was fidgeting him and would nollet him rest He
traced it back to the last page of his discardednewspaper It was
the syllable TioNj only part of a word, fothe fold of the paper
came just in front of the T. It was thivery incompleteness which
had so curiously impressed itselupon him. Well, hang it, its
probably IRON PRODUCTION Bondpondered vaguely, or PREVENTION, or,
maybe, RESTITUTION. . . And the Azote shares have gone down, too.
The stagnations simply shocking. The positions so bad that
itridiculous . But thats nonsense who would advertisethe
RESTITUTION of anything? More likely RESIGNATION Itssure to be
RESIGNATION.With a touch of annoyance, G H Bondy spread out
thenewspaper to dispose of this irritating word It had nowvanished
amid the chequering of the small advertisements Hehunted for it
from one column to another, but it had concealeditself with
provoking ingenuity. Mr. Bondy then worked fromthe bottom up, and
finally started again from, the righthandside of the page.
General
Imprint: |
Read Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Authors: |
Karel Capek
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Laminated cover
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Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4437-2531-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-4437-2531-5 |
Barcode: |
9781443725316 |
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