A Positively Final Appearance: A Journal 1996-98A worthy successor to the beloved actor's earlier diary "My Name Escapes Me, " this new volume contains Sir Alec's journal from June 1996 to December 1998. A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year. |
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Page 19
... Merula , half laughingly , what I was doing . ' You are Mrs Lewis , ' I said , ' and I have found a needle and I'm going to stick it into you . ' Merula screamed from the kitchen , ' You're not to do that ! It's very wicked . ' ' I'm ...
... Merula , half laughingly , what I was doing . ' You are Mrs Lewis , ' I said , ' and I have found a needle and I'm going to stick it into you . ' Merula screamed from the kitchen , ' You're not to do that ! It's very wicked . ' ' I'm ...
Page 99
... Merula fell in love with his voice and was always happy when he called . John is the second friend to have died in the past three weeks . That doesn't augur well for 1998. I pray it is not going to be the Year of the Reaper . Merula has ...
... Merula fell in love with his voice and was always happy when he called . John is the second friend to have died in the past three weeks . That doesn't augur well for 1998. I pray it is not going to be the Year of the Reaper . Merula has ...
Page 132
... Merula a little as she was working at one of her marvellous stitchwork pictures by reading aloud ' Arachne ' , in Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes . M. is the most modest person imaginable and she was , I think , a little flummoxed by the ...
... Merula a little as she was working at one of her marvellous stitchwork pictures by reading aloud ' Arachne ' , in Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes . M. is the most modest person imaginable and she was , I think , a little flummoxed by the ...
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