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 134
... spoke her name , he was still seeing her in isolation from the circumstances of her world - seeing not Julie Narwitz , not the English - woman who lived at the Castle and whom he had known as a child , not even the girl whose intimacy ...
... spoke her name , he was still seeing her in isolation from the circumstances of her world - seeing not Julie Narwitz , not the English - woman who lived at the Castle and whom he had known as a child , not even the girl whose intimacy ...
Page 253
... spoke of his tenants , or of the war in its relation to them , he became animated at once and allowed his soup to become cold while he talked ; but nothing else roused him until , after dinner , his cigar was alight . Then he could be ...
... spoke of his tenants , or of the war in its relation to them , he became animated at once and allowed his soup to become cold while he talked ; but nothing else roused him until , after dinner , his cigar was alight . Then he could be ...
Page 301
... spoke to him in the brisk , facetious tone of nurses , as though he were a child . Yes , he answered , presently he would go to his room ; the journey had exhausted him ; but for a little while he would stay where he was , would rest in ...
... spoke to him in the brisk , facetious tone of nurses , as though he were a child . Yes , he answered , presently he would go to his room ; the journey had exhausted him ; but for a little while he would stay where he was , would rest in ...
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