Pagan’S Progress
Gouverneur Morris
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Description
Gouverneur Morris gave his novel an odd name, The Pagan's Progress, when Barnes and Company printed it in New York in 1904. John Rae drew the pictures. Morris tells the story of a man born, as he puts it, to darkness, who moves step by step toward a first glimmer of light. The tale is violent, he warns in his dedication, though it was written in a house full of flowers and friends.
The book opens after that man's death, with two countries shaken by the news. Hundreds mourn him; even those who bore him ill will stand shocked. Morris then goes back to show how such a life was lived and what it cost. The dead man was broad, brilliant, and larger than life, yet frail like other men. The story asks what a wild nature can make of itself.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gouverneur Morris |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 110 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |