Body and Soul | Part 1 Summary
The novel begins when Claude Rawlings is six years old, living in a basement apartment on Third Avenue in New York City. While his mother, Emma, drives a cab, Claude amuses himself on an old, out-of-tune piano in his dark, little room. He occasionally attends school, but sits in the back of class and goes virtually unnoticed. Fascinated by Weisfeld’s Music Store, he ventures in one day. Aaron Weisfeld shows him how to read sheet music and gives him a beginner’s piano book to learn. Claude devours the book in record time, mastering the lessons with very little difficulty. Weisfeld is...
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