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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... began to under- stand what we read , and to discover that we had been learning by heart the mature , ironical , sensual and irreli- gious opinions of a middle - aged Roman , one whose chief counsel to youth was to drink and make love to ...
... began to under- stand what we read , and to discover that we had been learning by heart the mature , ironical , sensual and irreli- gious opinions of a middle - aged Roman , one whose chief counsel to youth was to drink and make love to ...
Page 101
... began again . Now was his chance . His face began to twitch a little . He rose and buttoned his coat . Toni got up too . " Shall we dance ? " she said to Lola , and before he could speak they were circling round the room . Toni danced ...
... began again . Now was his chance . His face began to twitch a little . He rose and buttoned his coat . Toni got up too . " Shall we dance ? " she said to Lola , and before he could speak they were circling round the room . Toni danced ...
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... began talking to her blonde partner who emerged from the door as they left it , carrying back to the butchers four bleeding chops . They returned to the hotel where they had dined on the night of the dancers . Rascasse talked little ...
... began talking to her blonde partner who emerged from the door as they left it , carrying back to the butchers four bleeding chops . They returned to the hotel where they had dined on the night of the dancers . Rascasse talked little ...
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