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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Page 167
... dress ' hanging in the wardrobe , and how she would skite about it , ' I've got a dress of tussore silk . ' That summer was a time of the dominion of sun 167.
... dress ' hanging in the wardrobe , and how she would skite about it , ' I've got a dress of tussore silk . ' That summer was a time of the dominion of sun 167.
Page 276
... dress , I thought , for plants living here by the sea ; for Miss Lincoln , like 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 ...
... dress , I thought , for plants living here by the sea ; for Miss Lincoln , like 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 ...
Page 335
... dress I had sewn from a length of jersey silk , the material that ' everyone ' in New Zealand was wearing . Now the colour appeared too bright and out of place in a land where clothes were black . And because I could not deny Catalina ...
... dress I had sewn from a length of jersey silk , the material that ' everyone ' in New Zealand was wearing . Now the colour appeared too bright and out of place in a land where clothes were black . And because I could not deny Catalina ...
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In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
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