An Angel at My Table: The Complete AutobiographyAutobiografie van de Nieuwzeelandse schrijfster die na een reeks moeilijke jaren haar wil om te schrijven zag overwinnen. |
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... English . He spoke with a dislike of English . And as a colonial , he said , I would understand what the English had done to Ireland . ' They eat our pork and our butter and race our horses and we come here for jobs . ' The Republic of ...
... English . He spoke with a dislike of English . And as a colonial , he said , I would understand what the English had done to Ireland . ' They eat our pork and our butter and race our horses and we come here for jobs . ' The Republic of ...
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... English , others with a West Indian version of English but all charged with a morning vision of London and the United Kingdom . I was much influenced by the West Indian writers and , feeling inadequate in my New Zealand - ness ( for did ...
... English , others with a West Indian version of English but all charged with a morning vision of London and the United Kingdom . I was much influenced by the West Indian writers and , feeling inadequate in my New Zealand - ness ( for did ...
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... English clothing , what more could bring him nearer to his apparent desire to be English , denying his origin , than a handful of rosebuds , the English flower ? I wasn't cynical : I also was adopting English clothes , the word- clothes ...
... English clothing , what more could bring him nearer to his apparent desire to be English , denying his origin , than a handful of rosebuds , the English flower ? I wasn't cynical : I also was adopting English clothes , the word- clothes ...
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In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
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