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Jacob Goes to Chatsworth

Posted on December 15, 2022 by labeak52

Hello, readers. I’m back again with another short (this morning’s work) installment on my novel in progress. If you’ve been reading along, you’ll know something about who Jacob Eaton is and how he ended up at Oxford. Thanks for reading. … Continue reading →

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More Jacob Eaton

Posted on December 8, 2022 by labeak52

Readers; here is another stab at a chapter of my novel in progress. There may be coem overlap with sections you have already read and there may even be some contradictions with other parts of the story. But, as I … Continue reading →

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The Old Mansion in Town

Posted on September 5, 2019 by labeak52

If the house could be said to have had a golden age, this was it.  The Phillips girls were all handsome and well dressed and they navigated the Walhonde High School social scene with aristocratic grace and confidence. In the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis

Posted on April 20, 2019 by labeak52

Before I read Main Street I would have confused Sinclair Lewis with Upton Sinclair.  Both of them American novelists of the early 20th century; both of them having written books that English teachers require their students to read and that nobody … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis

Posted on April 18, 2019 by labeak52

Before I read Main Street I would have confused Sinclair Lewis with Upton Sinclair.  Both of them American novelists of the early 20th century; both of them having written books that English teachers require their students to read and that … Continue reading →

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Inside The Cavern

Posted on December 20, 2018 by labeak52

As they neared the top of the hill they came out from under the forest and stood before a great rock face that arched back into the hillside like the end of some huge stadium.  Rachel stood now in the … Continue reading →

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Inside the Cavern

Posted on December 19, 2018 by labeak52

As they neared the top of the hill they came out from under the forest and stood before a great rock face that arched back into the hillside like the end of some huge stadium.  Rachel stood now in the … Continue reading →

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Waking in The Eifel Uplands

Posted on December 13, 2018 by labeak52

Rachel woke early and saw that the window beside her bed stood halfway open and a pitcher and basin and soap and towels had been put on the marble-topped dresser.   The long woolens she had bought yesterday in Brussels had … Continue reading →

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(And now for) The Rest Of The Story

Posted on November 28, 2018 by labeak52

My last few posts have been segments from my novel in (very slow) progress.  If you’ve read these late posts, you may want to get a taste of what came before to familiarize yourself with the story and the characters.  … Continue reading →

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Facing David Dunnigan

Posted on November 28, 2018 by labeak52

Rachel stood by the tall windows and looked out onto the river in the late twilight.  On this winter evening the river would remain grey as the sky until nightfall when it would shine black as the wet pelt of … Continue reading →

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