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The Glebe 1914/01 (Vol. 1, No. 4): Love of One's Neighbor

Chapter 1: LOVE OF ONE’S NEIGHBOR
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A desperate man is stranded on a tiny rock ledge in a wild mountain spot while an assorted crowd gathers and turns his peril into a public spectacle. Vendors, tourists, policemen and curious onlookers alternate practical attempts at rescue with bargaining, bickering and idle observation, revealing a mix of genuine concern, voyeurism, and self-interest. The action is staged as a series of episodic encounters that highlight bureaucratic impotence, commercial opportunism and performative sympathy, using the assembled crowd as a chorus to examine how collective behavior reshapes individual suffering into entertainment and moral dilemma.

LOVE OF ONE’S NEIGHBOR

LOVE OF ONE’S NEIGHBOR

BY
LEONID ANDREYEV

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY
THOMAS SELTZER

NEW YORK
ALBERT AND CHARLES BONI
96 FIFTH AVENUE
1914