Word: spinner
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fiction; it has atmosphere and color, and a sufficient plot; and in its fundamental idea that straightforward honesty is the surest means of success it emphasizes one of the most cherished of Harvard ideals. The other two stories are well written, but neither is strikingly original. The greybearded spinner of the impossible story of "Dead Man's Pine" is vividly and convincingly drawn, and the inconsistencies of his yarn are not too much insisted on. "Her House ont of Order" introduces the hackneyed characters of the wealthy and eccentric father, the beautiful daughter, and the rich lover, against the background...