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Indlæser... The Flint Anchor (1954)af Sylvia Townsend Warner
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Exquisite read telling the life of John Barnard, a stern and righteous Norfolk businessman in the early Victorian years. Stuck in an unloving marriage with a wife becoming increasingly dependent on madeira; bereft after losing five children in infancy; disappointed in his eldest son who was sent down from Cambridge then emigrated; and in his daughters, spinsterish Euphemia, and Ellen, disfigured by a birthmark - he gives all his love to remaining daughter Mary. But he is unable to recognise her intrinsic selfishness and coldness... ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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John Barnard, a leading merchant, is a pillar of 19th century rectitude. Though stern with his tippling wife, he is undermined by helpless love for his cold-hearted daughter and the engaging weakling Thomas Kettle. No library descriptions found. |
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