Elsie Venner

Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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Bernard Langdon is close to earning his degree in medicine when his family finds itself in financial difficulties, forcing Langdon to interrupt his studies for a time in order to earn money with which to fund the rest of his degree. He therefore leaves Boston in order to teach at a school in a village in the area. One of his students is Elsie Venner, a seventeen year-old girl, who is avoided by her peers and keeps apart. Somehow, Elsie exerts a great fascination on Langdon, as there is something distinctly different about her with her strangeness and quick temper.

Elsie Venner is one of Oliver Wendell Holmes' "medicated novels", in which he explores a medical condition of a character. Holmes was teaching at Harvard Medical School when this book was published, and he chose to let a professor of medicine narrate the story. Elsie Venner is notable for its strong Boston local colour, being at the same time the book in which Holmes coined the term "Boston Brahmin". - Summary by Carolin

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PrefacesThe Brahmin Caste of New EnglandThe Student and his CertificateMr. Bernard tries his HandThe Moth flies into the CandleAn Old-Fashioned Descriptive ChapterThe Sunbeam and the ShadowThe Event of the Season, part 1The Event of the Season, part 2The Morning AfterThe Doctor orders the Best SulkyThe Doctor calls on Elsie VennerCousin Richard's VisitThe Apollinean InstituteCuriosityFamily SecretsPhysiologicalEpistolaryOld Sophy calls on the Reverend DoctorThe Reverend Doctor calls on Brother FairweatherThe Spider on his ThreadFrom without and from withinThe Widow Rowens gives a Tea-Party, part 1The Widow Rowens gives a Tea-Party, part 2Why Doctors differThe Wild HuntsmanOn his TracksThe Perilous Hour, part 1The Perilous Hour, part 2The News reaches the Dudley MansionA Soul in DistressThe Secret is Whispered, part 1The Secret is Whispered, part 2The White AshThe Golden Cord is loosedMr. Silas Peckham renders his AccountConclusion

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