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 80
... entered the wood . The undergrowth was very dark , but , this extreme spur of the wood being not more than a couple of hundred yards in breadth , the thickening day was visible beyond it . The smoother trunks were streaked with light ...
... entered the wood . The undergrowth was very dark , but , this extreme spur of the wood being not more than a couple of hundred yards in breadth , the thickening day was visible beyond it . The smoother trunks were streaked with light ...
Page 125
... entered the tower and silent while the van Leydens began to drink their soup . " I wonder , " she said slowly , " what blessed chance brought you into Holland of all men on earth ? ” Chapter Four WHEN HEN LEWIS OPENED HIS EYES NEXT ...
... entered the tower and silent while the van Leydens began to drink their soup . " I wonder , " she said slowly , " what blessed chance brought you into Holland of all men on earth ? ” Chapter Four WHEN HEN LEWIS OPENED HIS EYES NEXT ...
Page 146
... entered for a moment into the life of the place but with no feeling that he was a part of it . Every day he worked without interruption until the seventeenth century became for him a mirror in which he saw , deeply reflected , the ...
... entered for a moment into the life of the place but with no feeling that he was a part of it . Every day he worked without interruption until the seventeenth century became for him a mirror in which he saw , deeply reflected , the ...
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