Brothers, Prefatory Note summary
Prefatory Note of 43 · 1 min to read the chapter
In Prefatory Note, the speaker defends revealing a closely guarded secret by explaining that the more professionally distinguished brother wants certain early experiences recorded in a biography but reluctantly abandons that wish. The speaker presents the Samphires’ story as a fictional means of conveying truth to the few readers who recognize it.
What happens
- The speaker anticipates that readers who recognize the brothers may object to the disclosure of a long-kept secret.
- The speaker says the brother with greater professional distinction earnestly wants certain early incidents included in a biography.
- That brother reluctantly abandons his wish, and the speaker presents the Samphires’ story as an adequate alternative.
- The speaker distinguishes between the general public and the few readers able to recognize truth beneath the fiction.
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