The Widower's SonAllen, 1976 - 288 pages William's father, a Nottinghamshire coalminer, is proud of his son's military success, and annoyed when he gives up his life as a colonel in the artillery to become manager of a bowling alley. |
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Page 46
... realised that Helen and Jane had gone . Bang went his midnight sugar , both lumps . Bless ' em all . He buttoned his coat against the cold and foggy dew and walked through the darkness towards Parliament Street . The long and the short ...
... realised that Helen and Jane had gone . Bang went his midnight sugar , both lumps . Bless ' em all . He buttoned his coat against the cold and foggy dew and walked through the darkness towards Parliament Street . The long and the short ...
Page 73
... realise that you couldn't have everything . A father and an aunt were enough to think himself lucky about . He felt strange to be back , and put the fact down to war , absence , age , temperament , and the way your past comes to pieces ...
... realise that you couldn't have everything . A father and an aunt were enough to think himself lucky about . He felt strange to be back , and put the fact down to war , absence , age , temperament , and the way your past comes to pieces ...
Page 76
... realised that in the last war when they got stuck in the mud . ' ' As long as you have more artillery than the other bloke , ' his father smiled . ' You only need more in one place , then you can punch through . Nobody can have it ...
... realised that in the last war when they got stuck in the mud . ' ' As long as you have more artillery than the other bloke , ' his father smiled . ' You only need more in one place , then you can punch through . Nobody can have it ...
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Der Weg nach oben: englische Arbeiterromane, 1945-1978 Ingrid von Rosenberg Affichage d'extraits - 1980 |