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My mortal enemy

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947; Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956 [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 17,861 words

I first met Myra Henshawe when I was fifteen, but I had known about her ever since I could remember anything at all. She and her runaway marriage were the theme of the most interesting, indeed the only interesting, stories that were told in our family, on holidays or at family...

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1. PART I

I first met Myra Henshawe when I was fifteen, but I had known about her ever since I could remember anything at all. She and her runaway marriage were the theme of the most inte...

2. PART II

Ten years after that visit to New York I happened to be in a sprawling overgrown West-coast city which was in the throes of rapid development--it ran about the shore, stumbling...