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 23
... Varna began those elaborate manœuvres of intro- duction which are performed as carefully in that country by her inhabitants as by her dogs . Their problem was how , while asking the fewest and least indiscreet questions , to find common ...
... Varna began those elaborate manœuvres of intro- duction which are performed as carefully in that country by her inhabitants as by her dogs . Their problem was how , while asking the fewest and least indiscreet questions , to find common ...
Page 65
... Varna asked me to give it you . She said that any time would do . " It was a bill for seven fines- à - l'eau , three packages of cigarettes , and one dinner , and reminded him that he still had a position to maintain . " I suppose they ...
... Varna asked me to give it you . She said that any time would do . " It was a bill for seven fines- à - l'eau , three packages of cigarettes , and one dinner , and reminded him that he still had a position to maintain . " I suppose they ...
Page 199
... Varna , this is a pleasure . How are you ? What have you been doing ? Come and sit down a moment . ' " No , thank you very much , I have to fly . " " To fly ? That's very interesting . Come and tell me all about it . " " I can't . I'm ...
... Varna , this is a pleasure . How are you ? What have you been doing ? Come and sit down a moment . ' " No , thank you very much , I have to fly . " " To fly ? That's very interesting . Come and tell me all about it . " " I can't . I'm ...
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