Mr. Moffatt

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 26, 2024

In Category - Literary Fiction

Authors: Chester Francis Cobb In Year : 1925

Book Language: English

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Chapter One. I The Cash-Box
Chapter One. II Bacon
Chapter One. III His Tonic
Chapter One. IV Head
Chapter One. V His Self-Control
Chapter Two. I Sunday Morning
Chapter Two. II His Worship
Chapter Two. III His Judgment
Chapter Three. I In the Mirror
Chapter Three. II Taxi
Chapter Four. I His Return
Chapter Four. II Florence
Chapter Four. III His Imagination
Chapter Four. IV St. Margaret's
Chapter Five. I His Lunch
Chapter Five. II Pictures
Chapter Five. III His Decision
Chapter Five. IV Out of his Dream
Chapter Five. V Tidings for him
Chapter Five. VI The Sounds of his Footsteps
Chapter Five. VII His Child
Chapter Five. VIII His Memories
Chapter Six. I The Weight in his Heart
Chapter Six. II His Importance
Chapter Seven. I His Refuge
Chapter Seven. II The Rain
Chapter Seven. III One Afternoon
Chapter Seven. IV The Mixture
Chapter Seven. V Ernest
Chapter Seven. VI Naomi
Chapter Seven. VII His Surrender
Chapter Eight

Mr. Moffatt owns a chemist's business in suburban Sydney, Australia, where he lives with his wife, Florence, and adult daughter, Naomi. The story begins with a painting that Mr. Moffatt received as security for a debt and comes to believe may be an old master. He embarks on a trip to England to have the painting valued, but on returning to Australia he finds his life has changed in ways that challenge everything he believes in. Published in England and now largely forgotten, Mr. Moffatt was Australia's first modernist novel, notable for its psychological intensity and Cobb's use of a stream-of-consciousness style. (Summary by Phil Benson)