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S.  EL 1O T  \nA New Directions Book  \nCopyright I937 by Djuna BarnesPreface copyright ◎2006 byJeanette Winterson  \nAllrights reserved.Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper,magazine,radio,television,or website review,no part of this book may be reproduced inany form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopyingand recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,withoutpermission in writing from the Publisher.  \nFirst published in the United States by Harcourt,Brace,&Co.,I937.SecondAmerican edition published by New Directions,I946.First published as NewDirections Paperbook 98 in I961.Reissued as New Directions PaperbookI049 in 2006.Reissued with the original cover by Alvin Lustig in 2016.  \nManufactured in the United States of AmericaNew Directions Books are printed on acid-free paper  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataBarnes,Djuna.  \nNightwood/Djuna Barnes;preface byJeanette Winterson;introductionbyT.S.Eliot  \np.cm.—(New Directions paperbook;I049)“A New Directions Book.”  \nOriginally published:New York:New Directions,I946.With new preface.ISBN-I3:978-0-8II2-167I-5(alk.paper)ISBN-I0:0-8II2-167I-3(alk.paper)  \nI.Lesbians—Fiction.2.Sex addicts—Fiction.3.Psychological fiction.  \nI.Eliot,T.S.(Thomas Stearns),1888-I965.II.Title.PS3503.A614N52006813'.52—dc2220060I9359  \nI5 I4 I3 I2 II IO 9  \nNew Directions Books are published for James Laughlinby New Directions Publishing Corporation8o Eighth Avenue,New York,NY 1oOII  \n31223124944712  \n# ToPEGGY GUGGENHEIM\n\nand  \nJOHN FERRAR HOLMS  \nCONTENTS  \nPreface by Jeanette Winterson ixIntroduction by T.S.Eliott xvii  \nBOW DOWN 3LA SOMNAMBULE 32NIGHT WATCH 55“THE SQUATTER”  71  \nWATCHMAN,WHAT OF THE NIGHT?  84  \nWHERE THE TREE FALLS114  \nGO DOWN,MATTHEW 132  \nTHE POSSESSED 176  \nBiographical Note 181","cbCaijoR6PijSTGA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijoR6PijSTGA","pdf",5591562,210,"English","# Contents\n## Preface and Introduction\n## BOW DOWN\n## LA SOMNAMBULE\n## NIGHT WATCH\n## “THE SQUATTER”\n## WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?\n## WHERE THE TREE FALLS\n## GO DOWN, MATTHEW\n## THE POSSESSED\n## Biographical Note","[{\"question\":\"What is Nightwood about?\",\"answer\":\"Nightwood tells the story of Robin Vote and the people around her, including her husband the “Baron,” their child Guido, and the women Nora and Jenny who love her. 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