Eric's Story
The novel formerly known as The Professor's Wife
In the winter up here, one has time to think – often about the past. So it was fortunate that our friends at Literary North contacted us about a book written by a former Dartmouth student named Bravig Imbs about his time in the early 1920s serving as the butler to the head of the Dartmouth English department. Initially named The Professor's Wife, the novel is being renamed Eric's Story, and reprinted by Eglantyne Books. It’s a deep past to dive into: Prohibition, Anti-evolutionists, tea, canapes, art, modernism, the roaring 20s; Imbs’ book may or may not have been banned in Hanover. A lot of history happening. This month, Junction speaks with Robert and Olivia Temple of Eglantyne Books and Dartmouth Professor James E. Dobson about Eric’s Story. -Isaac Lorton
Eric’s Story
One hundred years after Bravig Imbs began as a student at Dartmouth College, Robert and Olivia Temple of Eglantyne Books (based in London) republished Imb’s sole novel, The Professor’s Wife, as Eric’s Story.
The Temples were drawn to Imbs after discovering his relationship to the expatriate artist collective of the Montparnasse area in Paris, which included artists like Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and Elliot Paul.
“He was mentioned often in various other books we’ve read about it, and so we thought, hmmm, let’s look into him, he sounds interesting,” Olivia says. “It’s such a strange name for a start. Bravig Imb.” (Read more…)
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Department of Theater: Rivka’s Reading Rainbow - Hopkins Center for the Arts
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Welcome to Indian Country - Hopkins Center for the Arts
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Dartmouth College Gospel Choir - Hopkins Center for the Arts
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Exhibition Tour: “This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World” - Hood Museum of Art
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The Annual Manton Foundation Orozco Lecture: Luis Vargas-Santiago - Hood Museum of Art
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Department of Theater: Rent - Hopkins Center for the Arts
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Quarteto Latinamericano with Sally Pinkas - Hopkins Center for the Arts
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Slow Jam - Upper Valley Music Center
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Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra - Hopkins Center for the Arts
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