CONTENTS

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Introduction

Editorial Policy and Text

Acknowledgments

THE PARTY AT JACK’S, by Thomas Wolfe

Morning

Morning: Jack Asleep

Morning: Jack Erect

Morning: Jack Afloat

Morning: Mrs. Jack Awake

Morning: Mrs. Jack and the Maid

Morning: Jack and His Wife

Morning: The World That Jack Built

The Great Building (April, 1930)

The Elevator Men

Before the Party

Piggy Logan

The Family

The Party Beginning

The Guests Arriving

The Lover

Mr. Hirsch Was Wounded Sorrowfully

Piggy Logan’s Circus

The Guests Departing: The Fire

The Fire: The Outpouring of the Honeycomb

The Fire: The Tunneled Rock

After the Fire: These Two Together

Love Is Enough?