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Page 126
... girl against the background of the Russian revolution . The girl's father owns gold mines whose profits never materialise , but he is surrounded by squabbling parasitical hopefuls , and Gerhardie's mockery of Russian character is high ...
... girl against the background of the Russian revolution . The girl's father owns gold mines whose profits never materialise , but he is surrounded by squabbling parasitical hopefuls , and Gerhardie's mockery of Russian character is high ...
Page 168
... girl who tries to find refuge from loneliness among the shallow , drifting characters assembled at an Italian resort . In The Last September ( 1929 ) the lonely heroine , an adolescent orphan , is in the Big House owned by her aunt and ...
... girl who tries to find refuge from loneliness among the shallow , drifting characters assembled at an Italian resort . In The Last September ( 1929 ) the lonely heroine , an adolescent orphan , is in the Big House owned by her aunt and ...
Page 191
... girl and the farmer . Since , as a child , he idealised both the girl and the official fiancé neglected for the farmer , the full discovery of what the offending couple are about is as much a psychological shock for him as it is a ...
... girl and the farmer . Since , as a child , he idealised both the girl and the official fiancé neglected for the farmer , the full discovery of what the offending couple are about is as much a psychological shock for him as it is a ...
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Hors de combat | 40 |
The first world war | 66 |
The modern movement | 88 |
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