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 65
... 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 had to give the ...
... 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 had to give the ...
Page 122
... give her some money to go to Spain with Sonia ? " 1 " Yes . I told you she was broke . " " Well , why doesn't she go ? " " Because she really came to be near Princess Rustchuk . " " Why did Mrs. Foster leave him then ? " " Because he ...
... give her some money to go to Spain with Sonia ? " 1 " Yes . I told you she was broke . " " Well , why doesn't she go ? " " Because she really came to be near Princess Rustchuk . " " Why did Mrs. Foster leave him then ? " " Because he ...
Page 219
... give them up just like this for my art ? But families are all the same , aren't they ? Just because they've lived in the same style and the same place for a few hundred years , they think their children have got to . That's why nice ...
... give them up just like this for my art ? But families are all the same , aren't they ? Just because they've lived in the same style and the same place for a few hundred years , they think their children have got to . That's why nice ...
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