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 117
... don't believe he's ever been to Scotland . " " Of course he has , " said Toni . " He lives in Skye . I was there last summer , staying with him . ' Naylor felt he was getting unpopular . " " " You don't understand , " she went on , “ I ...
... don't believe he's ever been to Scotland . " " Of course he has , " said Toni . " He lives in Skye . I was there last summer , staying with him . ' Naylor felt he was getting unpopular . " " " You don't understand , " she went on , “ I ...
Page 131
... don't believe you are really queer . I think you just don't know what you want . ' " " " Oh , shut up , you silly , ridiculous - I have been like that since I was five , you understand , every- body says that to me sooner or later . I ...
... don't believe you are really queer . I think you just don't know what you want . ' " " " Oh , shut up , you silly , ridiculous - I have been like that since I was five , you understand , every- body says that to me sooner or later . I ...
Page 219
... don't you believe any of that ; why , at Steubensville , Ohio , where I come from , the Duffs are very ordinary people . " " Perhaps they aren't the same ones . " " I tell you I know for certain by the way , what is your name ? -- that ...
... don't you believe any of that ; why , at Steubensville , Ohio , where I come from , the Duffs are very ordinary people . " " Perhaps they aren't the same ones . " " I tell you I know for certain by the way , what is your name ? -- that ...
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