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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... watched the adult alarm at this apparent irresponsibility of speech and appetite . In the continuing arguments between Myrtle and Dad over every new phase of her life the desire to wear slacks ( forbidden ) , lipstick ( for- bidden ) ...
... watched the adult alarm at this apparent irresponsibility of speech and appetite . In the continuing arguments between Myrtle and Dad over every new phase of her life the desire to wear slacks ( forbidden ) , lipstick ( for- bidden ) ...
Page 80
... watched . When Jack Dixon started going to the baths , and we saw how pale his skin was , not at all like Errol Flynn's or Clark Gable's , Myrtle lost interest in him . ' He's weedy , ' she said . Weediness was a boy's ultimate disgrace ...
... watched . When Jack Dixon started going to the baths , and we saw how pale his skin was , not at all like Errol Flynn's or Clark Gable's , Myrtle lost interest in him . ' He's weedy , ' she said . Weediness was a boy's ultimate disgrace ...
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... watched the waves breaking and the foam on the beach turn quickly brown ; the Scholar - Gipsy , from Arnold's poem , the Scholar - Gipsy being perhaps my first ' love ' , my ideal man , reawakening my early feeling for gypsies and my ...
... watched the waves breaking and the foam on the beach turn quickly brown ; the Scholar - Gipsy , from Arnold's poem , the Scholar - Gipsy being perhaps my first ' love ' , my ideal man , reawakening my early feeling for gypsies and my ...
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In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
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