The FountainThe text is a novel set in Holland during the first World War. The main characters are a British officer, a Dutch aristocrat and his British stepdaughter who is married to a German officer. It was a winner of the 1932 Hawthornden Prize. |
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Page 83
... edge of it she and Ballater stood , their backs towards him , the pallor above the water describing their figures with a lucent edge . Her arm was raised to point towards the Castle . " I have that room in the tower , " she said ...
... edge of it she and Ballater stood , their backs towards him , the pallor above the water describing their figures with a lucent edge . Her arm was raised to point towards the Castle . " I have that room in the tower , " she said ...
Page 188
... edge or with the oiliness of nickel , like other coins at other times . The car would drive away with a little spit of rubber and fine gravel - one of those common sounds which , like the slither of a nickel coin , one doesn't notice in ...
... edge or with the oiliness of nickel , like other coins at other times . The car would drive away with a little spit of rubber and fine gravel - one of those common sounds which , like the slither of a nickel coin , one doesn't notice in ...
Page 329
... edge of the first lake , his memory , thrusting aside what was unendurable to it , presented von Narwitz to him as a name only , an idea without association , and his thought was confused and puzzled by it as by some indeterminate ...
... edge of the first lake , his memory , thrusting aside what was unendurable to it , presented von Narwitz to him as a name only , an idea without association , and his thought was confused and puzzled by it as by some indeterminate ...
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added Alison Allard asked Ballater Ballater's Baron Baroness beautiful began believe body Castle chair cheeks child clavichord colour cottage cried dark dear delight Descartes door dream Dutch edge embrasure England English Enkendaal exclaimed eyes face feel Ferrard fingers German gone Goof Hague hand Harbury head hear heard Herriot imagination Jedwell Julie Julie's Kerstholt knew lake laugh leave letter Lewis answered Lewis thought Lewis's Leyden light lips listen live looked marriage Mauritshuis Mevrouw mind morning mother moved Narwitz never night passed peace perhaps Plato play Prussia Quillan ramparts Ramsdell remember replied ROBERT GRANJON Rupert Rynwyk seemed Sezley shoulders silence sleep smile Socrates soon Sophie Sophie's speak spoke stood suddenly suppose talk tell tennis There's thing told touch trees turned Uncle Pieter van Leyden voice walked wife window wish woman wonder words