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Published: 1934. 1st English Edition. Association copy. First English edition of Myron Brinig's high-tension psychological work, Out of Life, originating from the personal library of C. Stafford Northcote (Headmaster of St. Bede's, Bishton Hall). A haunting 'lost classic' that compresses a lifetime of emotion into a single, hallucinatory day on the streets of New York. DESCRIPTION: Black cloth. Language: English. Book Condition: Good.Light wear to corners, edges and chipped spine ends. Wear, rubbing and loss of colour to cloth. Tanned intact endpapers with strong hinges. Prev owners signature (C. Stafford Northcote, Headmaster of St. Bede s, Bishton Hall) to the front free endpaper. Lightly tanned unmarked pages. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 240. Size: 12mo (large) 19cm by 13cm. PROVENANCE: From the Library of C. Stafford Northcote (St. Bedes, Bishton Hall). Cecil Henry Stafford Northcote (1912-2003), known widely as C. Stafford Northcote or "Ben," was a prominent British educator and public servant who dedicated his life to the founding and stewardship of St. Bedes Preparatory School in Staffordshire. Born posthumously in June 1912 following the death of his father, Captain Cecil Stafford Northcote, he was a grandson of the Reverend Stafford Northcote and a descendant of the 1st Earl of Iddesleigh. He received his education at Douai School before attending Queens College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1937. Northcotes career as a headmaster began in 1936, but it was in 1946 that he and his wife, Winifreda, made the definitive move of relocating St. Bedes to Bishton Hall. This historic Georgian mansion near Colwich became both his family home and the site of a thriving Roman Catholic preparatory school. Under his leadership, the school flourished, and he remained headmaster until 1978, at which point he was succeeded by his sons, Hugh and Amyas Stafford Northcote. BOOK RESUME: Pioneering 'cinematic' style of a high-tension film script. By compressing a lifetime of emotion into a singular, transformative twenty-four-hour period, Brinig utilizes a 'real-time' narrative structure decades ahead of its time. Chronicles a transformative twenty-four hours in the life of Sam Baggot. Upon discovering he is to become a father, a mundane shopkeeper undergoes a profound, almost manic spiritual awakening that drives him through the streets of New York in a state of ecstatic clarity. This cinematic, 'one-day' narrative structure serves as a definitive Character Study of a common mans brief, feverish rebellion against the anonymity of the city, standing as a landmark of 1930s Social Realism. AUTHOR: Myron Brinig (1896-1991) was a powerful literary voice of the Interwar Period, widely recognized for his gritty, realistic portrayals of the American immigrant experience. A seminal figure in Montana Literature, Brinig drew heavily on his upbringing in the mining city of Butte to explore the raw human condition. His body of work remains a cornerstone of Jewish-American Literature, noted for its deep psychological empathy and its vivid depiction of early 20th-century social shifts.
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