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The Sundered Streams: The History of a Memory That Had No Full Stops

Chapter 1: THE SUNDERED STREAMS
By Reginald Farrer
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The narrative begins with a reflection on language and subtle social distinctions, then sketches life in a tranquil provincial town dominated by an established family, the Dadds. It traces their steady presence in local affairs and the sudden change in fortune that alters social ranks, portraying how generations of marriage, landholding, and decorum shape communal identity. Descriptions linger on Georgian houses, the church, avenue of limes, and orderly routines, while the text examines exclusiveness, small-town gossip, and the uneasy adjustments required when wealth and novelty intrude on long-standing traditions.

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Title: The Sundered Streams: The History of a Memory That Had No Full Stops

Author: Reginald Farrer

Release date: June 24, 2020 [eBook #62469]
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Language: English

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THE
SUNDERED STREAMS

THE HISTORY OF A MEMORY THAT HAD
NO FULL STOPS

BY
REGINALD FARRER

AUTHOR OF
‘THE GARDEN OF ASIA,’ ‘THE HOUSE OF SHADOWS,’ ETC.

‘Shōshi no kukai hétori nashi: Sodé no furi-awasé mo tashō no en.’

[There is no shore to the bitter Sea of Birth-and-Death: even the
touching of sleeves in passing is the result of some connection in a former life.]

LONDON
EDWARD ARNOLD
41 & 43 MADDOX STREET, BOND STREET, W.
1907

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