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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... write , none less cruel . Except when he made himself write to her , she was never in his thoughts . He was writing to a stranger . " I wish , Sezley , that you wouldn't come into a room like the squirt of a siphon , " the statesman of ...
... write , none less cruel . Except when he made himself write to her , she was never in his thoughts . He was writing to a stranger . " I wish , Sezley , that you wouldn't come into a room like the squirt of a siphon , " the statesman of ...
Page 213
... write soon . I've read your letter over and over again . I don't know what to say . It seems to want me to feel and be more than I'm capable of . It makes me feel mean and shallow , and whatever I try to write seems useless . So this is ...
... write soon . I've read your letter over and over again . I don't know what to say . It seems to want me to feel and be more than I'm capable of . It makes me feel mean and shallow , and whatever I try to write seems useless . So this is ...
Page 221
... write yet . I'm going out for a great walk with Rams- dell . It's raining and sleeting but we shall go . When I'm back I'll write , or perhaps to - morrow . Bless you in the New Year . DEAREST LEWIS , ENKENDAAL , Tuesday , 2nd January ...
... write yet . I'm going out for a great walk with Rams- dell . It's raining and sleeting but we shall go . When I'm back I'll write , or perhaps to - morrow . Bless you in the New Year . DEAREST LEWIS , ENKENDAAL , Tuesday , 2nd January ...
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