Other Fiction Locke, William John: The House of Baltazar. v1. 29 Mar 2017

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William John Locke: Born : 1863 Mar 20: Died : 1930 May 15

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THE early story of Baltazar is not the easiest one to tell. It is episodic. It obeys not the Unities of Time, Place and Action. The only unity to be found in it is the oneness of character in that absurd and accomplished man. The fact of his being lustily alive at the present moment does not matter. To get him in perspective, one must regard him as belonging to the past. Now the past is a relative conception. Save to the academic student of History, Charlemagne is as remote as Sesostrie. To the world emerging from the stupor of the great war, Mone is as distant as Balaclava. Time is really reckoned by the heart-throbs of individuals or nations. Yester-year is infinitely far away. . . .

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