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The Recording Angel

The Recording Angel

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Number of Chapters: 27

Length: 10 hours and 41 minutes

Language: English

"The Recording Angel," by Edwin Arnold Brenholtz, is one of the earliest examples of an American proletarian novel, a work intended to promote social reform or political revolution among the working classes. The story's themes of economic inequality between producers and consumers, political collusion within the upper classes, and the loss of the middle class ring particularly true today, especially in a global context. Billed as a "romance of the future," the plot of this fictional account of class struggle between workingmen and trust magnates of the new industrial economy hinges on a unique electric machine, which did not exist in 1905, but is quite common today. Besides writing at least four books, the author was a prolific poet and frequent contributor to the International Socialist Review. He corresponded with a variety of personalities, including the poet Edwin Markham, labor leaders Theodore and Eugene Debs, controversial activist and minister George D. Herron, and writer Samuel Clemens. - Summary by Andru Bemis

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Dedication and Preface (Linette Geisel)
On the Oppressor's Side Was Power (Andru Bemis)
The End Is Not While We Can Say, 'This Is the End.' (Andru Bemis)
The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strained (Andru Bemis)
Till We Meet Again (Andru Bemis)
There Are Swift Hours In Life (Andru Bemis)
The Massive Gates Of Circumstance (Andru Bemis)
He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last (Kate Follis)
The Best Laid Plans Of Mice and Men (Kate Follis)
Do Them - Or They'll Do You (Andru Bemis)
It Is the Unexpected That Happens (Andru Bemis)
But When To Mischief Mortals Bend Their Will (Kate Follis)
Beyond the Infinite and Boundless Reach Of Mercy (Kate Follis)
Why the World Are All Thinking About It (Kate Follis)
There Are Several Ways To Kill a Cat (Kate Follis)
A Consistent Liar Is the Devil Incarnate (Part 1) (Kate Follis)
A Consistent Liar Is the Devil Incarnate (Part 2) (Kate Follis)
I Cannot Tell What You and Other Men Think (Kate Follis)
It's An Ill Wind That Blows No One Any Good (Kate Follis)
The Devil Incarnate Would Still Be Partly Human (Kate Follis)
Life Is a Disease Of Which Sleep Relieves Us (Kate Follis)
Oh, What a Fall Was There, My Countrymen (Kate Follis)
For, Some Days Must Be Dark and Dreary (Kate Follis)
The Telling Of It All Lets In a Flood Of Light (Part 1) (Kate Follis)
The Telling Of It All Lets In a Flood Of Light (Part 2) (Kate Follis)
The Recording Angel Causes All the Trouble (Kate Follis)
Dust To Dust! Ashes To Ashes (Kate Follis)
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