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Kenyon

American  
[ken-yuhn] / ˈkɛn yən /

noun

  1. John Samuel, 1874–1959, U.S. phonetician and educator.


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Guilty and despondent, Donatello retreats to his empty family estate in Tuscany, where Kenyon tries to counsel him.

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Thus unburdened, she transforms into a Beatrice figure and, together with Kenyon, leads the crime to its resolution.

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Indeed, the story of Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon and Donatello can be read as the story of America in miniature.

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Only Kenyon and Hilda can bear that load.

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In America, as Kenyon tells Donatello: “Each generation has only its own sins and sorrows to bear. Here, it seems as if all the weary and dreary Past were piled upon the back of the Present.”

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