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
... woman , not woman even , but speed suspended , movement perpetu- ated in stillness , a grace borrowed from light itself . The mist of illusion passed from her . The world appeared and she with it . But she was not for him as she had ...
... woman , not woman even , but speed suspended , movement perpetu- ated in stillness , a grace borrowed from light itself . The mist of illusion passed from her . The world appeared and she with it . But she was not for him as she had ...
Page 167
... woman will play hell with you . And lying on the floor , if you have a figure like hers , isn't a bad way with philosophers . " “ I observe , " said Ramsdell , “ that you are becoming less paternal . You have noticed the shape of her ...
... woman will play hell with you . And lying on the floor , if you have a figure like hers , isn't a bad way with philosophers . " “ I observe , " said Ramsdell , “ that you are becoming less paternal . You have noticed the shape of her ...
Page 218
... woman who faced a public scandal in order to marry her lover than a woman who kept her secret . They think of the scandal as a badge of courage - anyhow a mark of sincerity . You have never told me what you feel about this . Your letter ...
... woman who faced a public scandal in order to marry her lover than a woman who kept her secret . They think of the scandal as a badge of courage - anyhow a mark of sincerity . You have never told me what you feel about this . Your letter ...
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