Word: wove
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Balzac was a great creator and projector in the field of fiction. Notwithstanding the quantity and intensity of his work, he never allowed himself to be deluded by his imagination or over-fondness for his characters. He vibrated intellectually to the thousand experiences and incidents of life, which he wove into the great pictorial tapestry of French manners. His dramatic intensity is evident in the masterful choice of details which he had at his command; yet every fact which he made use of is brought out in all its significance and relative value to the picture as a whole...
...festive cover of the Christmas Advocate encloses a varied collection of stories and verses. "The Tangled Web that Allen Wove," by W. N. Seaver sets forth the dire results which inevitably follow a deviation from the path of truth. It cannot be denied that the author has contrived for the punishment of his hero a complication of exquisite tortures,--which are physical rather than moral. The story has little of the college atmosphere, however, and the six pages required to disentangle Allan might well be reduced to four. "Before the Engynes Came Through," by R. W. Page is a short...