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A first-person memoir recounts the author's wrongful arrest during wartime and prolonged confinement in a military detention camp, detailing daily routines, illness, and bureaucratic indignities. The narrative blends vivid observational sketches of fellow prisoners and guards with satirical portraits, legal correspondence, and sensory description. Episodes move between sharp humor, moral indignation, and lyrical reflection on identity, freedom, and comradeship. The work culminates in release and medical recovery while leaving a sustained critique of authority and the fragility of civil protections under wartime pressures.

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Title: The Enormous Room

Author: E. E. Cummings

Release date: July 1, 2005 [eBook #8446]
Most recently updated: August 1, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Eric Eldred, Thomas Berger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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The Enormous Room

by E. E. Cummings


Contents

INTRODUCTION
I. I BEGIN A PILGRIMAGE
II. EN ROUTE
III. A PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
IV. LE NOUVEAU
V. A GROUP OF PORTRAITS
VI. APOLLYON
VII. AN APPROACH TO THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS
VIII. THE WANDERER
IX. ZOO-LOO
X. SURPLICE
XI. JEAN LE NÈGRE
XII. THREE WISE MEN
XIII. I SAY GOOD-BYE TO LA MISÈRE