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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 61
Page 11
... side , nothing was to be seen but this great rampart and a narrow path that divided it from the buildings . On the other side , the prospect was more open . Here , beyond the path , were a few yards of turf , fringed with barbed wire ...
... side , nothing was to be seen but this great rampart and a narrow path that divided it from the buildings . On the other side , the prospect was more open . Here , beyond the path , were a few yards of turf , fringed with barbed wire ...
Page 33
... side by side . Lewis was careful to criticize nothing but the prose of the essay , leaving its sentiment unquestioned , for natural history was Ballater's religion ; his knowledge of it was hedged about with prides and faith , and this ...
... side by side . Lewis was careful to criticize nothing but the prose of the essay , leaving its sentiment unquestioned , for natural history was Ballater's religion ; his knowledge of it was hedged about with prides and faith , and this ...
Page 140
... side I wanted to win . I said I would support his side I would do what was required of me . But he re- peated his question - he's the honestest man alive - whom did I want to win ? I told him the truth . We had been speaking in German ...
... side I wanted to win . I said I would support his side I would do what was required of me . But he re- peated his question - he's the honestest man alive - whom did I want to win ? I told him the truth . We had been speaking in German ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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