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Chargement... Xingu and Other Storiespar Edith Wharton
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. 1386 Xingu and Other Stories, by Edith Wharton (read 18 Apr 1976) This book has eight short stories: Xingu, Coming Home, Autres Temps, Karfol, The Long Run, The Triumph of Night, The Choice, and Bunner Sisters. I thought the best of the lot was The Choice, about a woman who hates her husband who survives when her lover dies. As usual with a book of short stories, they are of uneven quality. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The novel is set within the context of an unspecified war between England and France and includes several discussions about the nature of warfare, such as the heroism demonstrated by soldiers during battle, for example during "the great fighting of Marne. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura
Read from November 21 to 22, 2013
Opening: Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet alone. To this end she had founded the Lunch Club, an association composed of herself and several other indomitable huntresses of erudition.
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Some 'indomitable huntresses of erudition' do lunch and books to the outer limits of pomposity and pretentiousness...
At 24 pages this is a breeze through and it underscores my reticence of book clubs - the stuff of recurring nightmares. ( )