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Nathanael West. Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts
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Miss Lonelyhearts and the dead pan
Miss Lonelyhearts and the lamb
Miss Lonelyhearts and the fat thumb
Miss Lonelyhearts and the clean old man
Miss Lonelyhearts and Mrs. Shrike
Miss Lonelyhearts on a field trip
Miss Lonelyhearts in the dismal swamp
Miss Lonelyhearts in the country
Miss Lonelyhearts returns
Miss Lonelyhearts and the cripple
Miss Lonelyhearts pays a visit
Miss Lonelyhearts attends a party
Miss Lonelyhearts and the party dress
Miss Lonelyhearts has a religious experience
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Nathanael West
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The cigarette was imperfect and refused to draw. Miss Lonelyhearts took it out of his mouth and stared at it furiously. He fought himself quiet, then lit another one.
I am writing to you for my little sister Gracie because something awfull hapened to her and I am afraid to tell mother about it. I am 15 years old and Gracie is 13 and we live in Brooklyn. Gracie is deaf and dumb and biger than me but not very smart on account of being deaf and dumb. She plays on the roof of our house and dont go to school except to deaf and dumb school twice a week on tuesdays and thursdays. Mother makes her play on the roof because we dont want her to get run over as she aint very smart. Last week a man came on the roof and did something dirty to her. She told me about it and I dont know what to do as I am afraid to tell mother on account of her being liable to beat Gracie up. I am afraid that Gracie is going to have a baby and I listened to her stomack last night for a long time to see if I could hear the baby but I couldn’t. If I tell mother she will beat Gracie up awfull because I am the only one who loves her and last time when she tore her dress they loked her in the closet for 2 days and if the boys on the blok hear about it they will say dirty things like they did on Peewee Conors sister the time she got caught in the lots. So please what would you do if the same hapened in your family.
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