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Description

In her long and illustrious career, Alice Adams turned the short story into an art form by offering telling glimpses into the lives of "ordinary people made extraordinary by <her> perception" (Newsweek). Now, with this posthumous compilation, readers can become reacquainted with... read more

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First Sentence

Every morning of all the years of the thirties, at around seven, Verlie Jones begins her long and laborious walk to the Todds' house, two miles uphill.

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  1. Alice Adams (Author)
 

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