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The Damsel and the Sage

A Woman's Whimsies

by Elinor Glyn

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First published
1903
Pages
25
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At the entrance to a cave, a Damsel brings questions about life and love to an impatient Sage. Elinor Glyn builds their exchanges from fables and maxims, letting everyday objects carry arguments about attachment, pride and freedom. A troublesome jewel becomes a way to discuss the value people place on what they might lose, while a bird of rare beauty raises the question of why familiar happiness can give way to the attraction of something new.

The Damsel listens to the Sage, challenges his judgments and reaches conclusions of her own. Their conversation gives competing views of the same situations rather than a single settled lesson. In another fable, a fish discovers the difference between being admired and being confined.

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First published
1903
Reading time
About 30 minutes
Pages
25
Language
English
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PDF, EPUB, Read online