The Chymical WeddingIn a dazzling weave of story and character, The Chymical Wedding tells two parallel and interconnected tales--one set in the late 1840's, one in the 1980's, both played out in the same English village. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Page 65
... young woman's picturesque thumbnail portraits of some of the parish worthies they must meet that day , it was hard not to regard the condescension of her views as dispro- portionate to her youth . The young châtelaine of Easterness ...
... young woman's picturesque thumbnail portraits of some of the parish worthies they must meet that day , it was hard not to regard the condescension of her views as dispro- portionate to her youth . The young châtelaine of Easterness ...
Page 315
... young man really cared about , the young man wondering what these old men Bob , Edward had to do with him . I felt beleaguered by their history , the sense that life had already been inventoried , the choices mapped . Both at odds with ...
... young man really cared about , the young man wondering what these old men Bob , Edward had to do with him . I felt beleaguered by their history , the sense that life had already been inventoried , the choices mapped . Both at odds with ...
Page 377
... young , too innocent . And , in any case , it did not matter . What mattered was that for these moments while he spoke he was human again , and not entirely alone . He could not guess how much Louisa already knew of his wife , and the ...
... young , too innocent . And , in any case , it did not matter . What mattered was that for these moments while he spoke he was human again , and not entirely alone . He could not guess how much Louisa already knew of his wife , and the ...
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The Green Man | 3 |
The Figure in the Stone | 21 |
The House of God | 41 |
Copyright | |
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