
In a dim, disreputable quarter of town, two curious observers share a cramped pair of rooms. By day they drift through ordinary lives, but by night they venture into the street outside a police station, drawn to the fleeting drama of arrests and the murmurs of the crowd. Their partnership is a study in contrast: one records the raw testimonies of passers‑by, cataloguing every confession from adultery to theft, while the other watches, absorbs the cadence of speech, and reflects on the deeper currents beneath the chatter.
Both are scholars of different worlds—one steeped in theology, the other in the hard sciences—yet they are united by a single, stubborn aim: to glimpse the human soul in its singular, unclassifiable form. Their dialogues weave philosophy with the everyday, turning a simple encounter with a noisy Spaniard into a meditation on individuality, classification, and the elusive nature of truth.
Language
en
Duration
~17 minutes (16K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger
Release date
2004-06-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1888–1965
A central voice of modern poetry, he reshaped 20th-century literature with works that are challenging, musical, and unforgettable. His writing ranges from the fragmented world of The Waste Land to the playful charm of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
View all books
by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot