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 22
... lips and dark , curving eyebrows that gave to his face an expression of amusement and surprise . The white sun of early March shone on his paper . Looking over his shoulder , Lewis saw a map of the fort . " Alison's books have come ...
... lips and dark , curving eyebrows that gave to his face an expression of amusement and surprise . The white sun of early March shone on his paper . Looking over his shoulder , Lewis saw a map of the fort . " Alison's books have come ...
Page 251
... lips did not move , he received an impression of her smiling , of gladness , finality , rest . " It isn't true " she began , trying to smile . " It was all to have been for an instant of our lives only . That's what we said . But it isn ...
... lips did not move , he received an impression of her smiling , of gladness , finality , rest . " It isn't true " she began , trying to smile . " It was all to have been for an instant of our lives only . That's what we said . But it isn ...
Page 316
... lips and cocking her head , drew in breath with a hiss that committed her to nothing . When Rupert had gathered strength enough to leave his bedroom and sit in the verandah , he remembered the English- man . Now that the attack is over ...
... lips and cocking her head , drew in breath with a hiss that committed her to nothing . When Rupert had gathered strength enough to leave his bedroom and sit in the verandah , he remembered the English- man . Now that the attack is over ...
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