# Tarka the otter

Author: Williamson, Henry, 1895-1977; Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1859-1933 [Contributor]

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75899

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tarka+the+otter+Williamson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Men speak to each other of what they have heard, seen, touched, smelled, tasted. They agree that thunder is terrifying, that the sky is blue, that gorse is prickly, that sulphuretted hydrogen is foul, that sloes are acid. But whether our five senses convey to any two of us exactly the same impression, we know not nor ever shall know. When we travel beyond sensation or perception to the working of the intelligence we know far more of each other. Yet a man's mind is a mystery to his own brother, and a woman's to her own sister; and between man and woman, in the matter of identity of understanding, there is a fixed and impassable gulf. In fact, we know nothing about our fellow men and women;...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER NINETEEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ONE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWELVE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWO](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTEEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER EIGHT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THREE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIVE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER EIGHTEEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIFTEEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ELEVEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SIXTEEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER NINE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOUR](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOURTEEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SEVEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER NINETEEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tarka-the-otter-75899/chapters/1/index.md)