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 96
... turned by the years into a general black , hung three portraits in gilt frames — the portraits , beyond doubt , of ... turning of their ears , pronounced that they were of one family , but relationship was as plain in their expressions ...
... turned by the years into a general black , hung three portraits in gilt frames — the portraits , beyond doubt , of ... turning of their ears , pronounced that they were of one family , but relationship was as plain in their expressions ...
Page 181
... turned and saw the Englishmen , twisted suddenly , looked away , pre- tended not to have seen . Lewis , reading their faces — a sneer in some , a wondering compassion in others , in all the em- barrassment of unspeakable disaster - drew ...
... turned and saw the Englishmen , twisted suddenly , looked away , pre- tended not to have seen . Lewis , reading their faces — a sneer in some , a wondering compassion in others , in all the em- barrassment of unspeakable disaster - drew ...
Page 444
... turned to Lewis . " It will be better to settle down at once ? " He put his hand over hers , gripping the rail , but he answered Ramsdell . " Chepping at first . Then London . There are rooms over the publishing house that we could live ...
... turned to Lewis . " It will be better to settle down at once ? " He put his hand over hers , gripping the rail , but he answered Ramsdell . " Chepping at first . Then London . There are rooms over the publishing house that we could live ...
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