"The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco" by Gelett Burgess is a story set in a rough but lively San Francisco, where a young boy named Francis lives with his mother, Madam Grant, a fortune teller, in a rundown building called the Siskiyou House. The story shows the difficult conditions of their lives, contrasted by Francis's innocence and love for reading, especially "Gulliver's Travels." As Francis meets a mysterious stranger, the tension rises and the reader learns about trust and survival. Madam Grant's strange actions suggest there are bigger secrets, connecting the lives of people seeking their fortunes with the complex characters of San Francisco.
The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco
By Gelett Burgess
Amidst the decay of San Francisco, a clairvoyant's secrets and a young boy's innocence collide, drawing fortune seekers into a web of mystery and survival.
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About the AuthorFrank Gelett Burgess was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, and association with The Crowd literary group. He is best known as a writer of nonsense verse, such as "The Purple Cow," and for introducing French modern art to the United States in an essay titled "The Wild Men of Paris." He was the illustrator of the Goops murals, in Coppa's restaurant, in the Montgomery Block and author of the popular Goops books. Burgess coined the term "blurb."
Frank Gelett Burgess was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, and association with The Crowd literary group. He is best known as a writer of nonsense verse, such as "The Purple Cow," and for introducing French modern art to the United States in an essay titled "The Wild Men of Paris." He was the illustrator of the Goops murals, in Coppa's restaurant, in the Montgomery Block and author of the popular Goops books. Burgess coined the term "blurb."
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