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Stoner to p. 103

"He wondered again at the easy, graceful manner in which the Roman lyricists accepted the fact of death, as if the nothingness they faced were a tribute to the richness of the years they had enjoyed . . . "  p. 46
His wife:  "She was educated upon the premise that she would be protected from the gross event that life might thrust in her way . . . "  p. 54

Humorous moment where prospective father-in-law warns Stoner that his daughter is used to luxury. Stoner says:  Well, maybe I shouldn't marry her as I won't be rich.  Father:  Oh, no.  Hold on.  I didn't mean that.

Stoner falls in love with Edith, proposes quickly, marries. Very sad scenes regarding marital sex.  Stoner, the farm boy, though inexperienced personally has a solid understanding of the basics of life.  Sex is a fact to him.   Edith is unprepared, repelled--marriage quickly falls on the rocks.  She decides she wants a baby, insists on repeated sex until she is pregnant, immediately becomes cold, distant.  Poor Stoner--unhappy.

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