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November 14, 1942 issue

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This article presents information on the book "The Burning Wheel," by Slater Brown. Brown has written a serious and intelligent novel about a group of poor Connecticut farmers and the frenetic city people who buy farms and become their neighbors. When one of the city men seduces the daughter of a farmer, all the tensions latent between the two groups flare up into melodrama and violence. Using the device of a narrator who is welcome in both camps, the author can tell his story without restricting his point of view to one side or the other; in fact, Brown's ability to look at all his characters with equal honesty and understanding is an outstanding achievement among present day novelists.

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BOOKS & reading; BURNING Wheel, The (Book); BROWN, Slater; MELODRAMA; VIOLENCE; NOVELISTS
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