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 65
... light , airy swirl of a capital S , the mingling of childish compactness and flowing impulse that was Julie's hand . He observed these things but had no more thought of them than that her handwriting was pretty and unusual ; so he might ...
... light , airy swirl of a capital S , the mingling of childish compactness and flowing impulse that was Julie's hand . He observed these things but had no more thought of them than that her handwriting was pretty and unusual ; so he might ...
Page 204
... light that , when she closed her eyes , she could not feel it there ; and when she opened her eyes it was gone . Was there moon enough to see the water and the island ? In an embrasure , feeling the warmth of her blood drawn into the ...
... light that , when she closed her eyes , she could not feel it there ; and when she opened her eyes it was gone . Was there moon enough to see the water and the island ? In an embrasure , feeling the warmth of her blood drawn into the ...
Page 233
... light ! " Her grotesque beguiler had known his Ruysdael ; Ruysdael could not have painted this scene - the weak flash of enamelled motor - cars , the low , silky gleam of shop windows , the fine , diamond dust that seemed to be rising ...
... light ! " Her grotesque beguiler had known his Ruysdael ; Ruysdael could not have painted this scene - the weak flash of enamelled motor - cars , the low , silky gleam of shop windows , the fine , diamond dust that seemed to be rising ...
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