The Coxon Fund
A first-person narrator recalls his introduction to Frank Saltram, a dazzling yet improvident conversational genius who becomes a long-term guest of the Mulvilles, whose relentless hospitality shelters him. The narrator admires Saltram’s gifts while noting the strain and mixed feelings—gratitude, resentment—his presence generates. Parallelly, he reconnects with George Gravener, once a formidable intellect now diminished, and traces how anecdotes and small dramas around these figures compose a larger moral and social portrait. The narrative unfolds as episodic reminiscence, exploring the attractions and burdens of brilliant personality, the dynamics of dependence, and the costs of benevolent indulgence.
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A first-person narrator recalls his introduction to Frank Saltram, a dazzling yet improvident conversational genius who becomes a long-term guest of the Mulvilles, whose relentless hospitality shelters him. The narrator admires Saltram’s gifts while noting the strain and mixed feelings—gratitude, resentment—his presence generates. Parallelly, he reconnects with George Gravener, once a formidable intellect now diminished, and traces how anecdotes and small dramas around these figures compose a larger moral and social portrait. The narrative unfolds as episodic reminiscence, exploring the attractions and burdens of brilliant personality, the dynamics of dependence, and the costs of benevolent indulgence.
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