Sinbad : A romance by C. Kay-Scott

"Sinbad" by C. Kay-Scott is a novel written in the early 20th century. It is a psychological romance set in postwar New York’s bohemia, tracing a volatile triangle among Lester Drane, a once‑renowned scientist turned would‑be novelist, Emily Tyler, a gifted painter, and Howard Story, a magnetic etcher. Through their Village circle it probes desire, jealousy, artistic ambition, and the friction between idealism and the body. The opening of the novel follows Emily and Lester through foggy New York into a convivial dinner with their bohemian friends, where Howard arrives and swiftly fascinates Emily. Parties, sharp art talk, and intimate visits heighten the pull between Emily and Howard while Lester’s past sacrifices and present insecurity surface, revealing a man who left a brilliant scientific career to write and love. Tension grows—tearful scenes, a failed attempt at calm, and a raw park confrontation—just as Lester is sent to Chicago, where Emily spends a night with Howard and writes that she is leaving for Europe; Lester answers with a pained, lucid letter. At the start of the next section, they return to New York, and their uneasy life among Village cafés and salons shows the affair already souring amid brittle talk and frayed loyalties. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Kay-Scott, C. (Cyril), 1879-1960
LoC No. 23009240
Title Sinbad : A romance
Original Publication New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1923.
Credits Hendrik Kaiber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Subject Bohemianism -- Fiction
Subject Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 77919
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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