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 22
... night with ' real ' darkness and night shadows , the people in the twilight seen as if striding across the surface of the world , and at noon , standing in small people - clumps . I learned to think of every- thing as sharing its life ...
... night with ' real ' darkness and night shadows , the people in the twilight seen as if striding across the surface of the world , and at noon , standing in small people - clumps . I learned to think of every- thing as sharing its life ...
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... night when the candles and lamps were burning I'd look out into dark Ferry Street , which was disturbed gat night only by the night man with his night cart going his rounds , and I'd think of the beggars and swaggers in rags and bags ...
... night when the candles and lamps were burning I'd look out into dark Ferry Street , which was disturbed gat night only by the night man with his night cart going his rounds , and I'd think of the beggars and swaggers in rags and bags ...
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... night , in the middle of the night , Mother had a heart attack . Waking , hearing the commotion , I was reminded of the night when Bruddie first became ill and we all woke and stood white - faced , shivering . Now Bruddie came to my ...
... night , in the middle of the night , Mother had a heart attack . Waking , hearing the commotion , I was reminded of the night when Bruddie first became ill and we all woke and stood white - faced , shivering . Now Bruddie came to my ...
Contents
In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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