The Rock Pool" ... satire of the British upper class, a smug young literary man from Oxford joins an international group of artists and writers on the French Riviera, intending to study them as if they were aquatic organisms in a pool--with unexpected results."--Goodreads |
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Page 29
... Naylor , " said Rascasse with a grimace . " Baroness von Kandersteg . " Naylor rose and bowed stiffly . Baroness ! and he loved her when he thought she was nobody ! He called for a bottle of champagne . His French was sketchy , his ...
... Naylor , " said Rascasse with a grimace . " Baroness von Kandersteg . " Naylor rose and bowed stiffly . Baroness ! and he loved her when he thought she was nobody ! He called for a bottle of champagne . His French was sketchy , his ...
Page 72
... Naylor , had a good holiday ? " He thought of the London library , the beginnings of autumn in the parks , the mists , the lights being lit , the curtains drawn for tea . " I'm leaving tonight . " " Oh , you feel as bad as that , mon ...
... Naylor , had a good holiday ? " He thought of the London library , the beginnings of autumn in the parks , the mists , the lights being lit , the curtains drawn for tea . " I'm leaving tonight . " " Oh , you feel as bad as that , mon ...
Page 93
... Naylor , Edgar Naylor , Edgar Naylor , " he thought , " whose life of Rogers is one of the most amusing , one of the most pene- trating , one of the slightest , deepest , gravest , gayest , historically accurate , moving , judicious ...
... Naylor , Edgar Naylor , Edgar Naylor , " he thought , " whose life of Rogers is one of the most amusing , one of the most pene- trating , one of the slightest , deepest , gravest , gayest , historically accurate , moving , judicious ...
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