Word: unbegotten
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Monthly for February is, on the whole, the best number of the year. It contains one very remarkable story which it will pay every man in college to read: "The Unbegotten Sons," by Paul Chalfin...
...Unbegotten Sons" is the most mature piece of fiction which has appeared in the Monthly for a long time. While the plot in a certain way is unreal, it is treated with unusual richness of imagination. The style is vivid and sensuous. It is pity that the author's analysis is not equal to his imagination. He brings together twin brothers, who see in each other no resemblance. They address each other as "child" and "old man" respectively. The Abbe of Cisley hates them with the most undying hatred because they were the illegitimate sons of his wife...
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