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Books in Brief

April 13, 1927 issue

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The article presents information on several books. In the book "The Giant of Oldborne," by John Owen, Owen writes a clear, simple prose, poetical without affectation, and has a delicate insight into the souls of his characters. Daniel Windmill, the giant, is a sensitive boy, cursed with a long, gangling, weak body and an intense capacity for joy and suffering. His story, which could lend itself so easily to bathos, is told with taste and distinction, and a very moving sympathy.

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GIANT of Oldborne, The (Book); OWEN, John; WRITING; CHARACTERS & characteristics in literature; SYMPATHY; SUFFERING
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