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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... Frank Sargeson ( I learned to call him Frank ) details of our lives , ideas and feelings , the reading of books , the evenings playing chess ( which he taught me ) or of my listening to the conversation between Frank and his many ...
... Frank Sargeson ( I learned to call him Frank ) details of our lives , ideas and feelings , the reading of books , the evenings playing chess ( which he taught me ) or of my listening to the conversation between Frank and his many ...
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... Frank Sargeson , had an intense dislike of ' frills and fripperies ' , and so even the plants were clothed to her taste . Not being able to give up my lifelong fascination with clothes which I longed for but never had , yet might some ...
... Frank Sargeson , had an intense dislike of ' frills and fripperies ' , and so even the plants were clothed to her taste . Not being able to give up my lifelong fascination with clothes which I longed for but never had , yet might some ...
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... Frank Sargeson's words to me , ' Remember you'll never know another country like that where you spent your earliest years . You'll never be able to write intimately of another country , ' My argument had always been , ' What of the ...
... Frank Sargeson's words to me , ' Remember you'll never know another country like that where you spent your earliest years . You'll never be able to write intimately of another country , ' My argument had always been , ' What of the ...
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In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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