2006, ISBN: 1598185748

[EAN: 9781598185744], Neubuch, [PU: Aegypan], FICTION / CLASSICS; AGING; CONDUCT OF LIFE; DETECTIVE STORIES, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -I wanted to call these exercises 'Casual… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781598185744], Neubuch, [PU: Aegypan], FICTION / CLASSICS; AGING; CONDUCT OF LIFE; DETECTIVE STORIES, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -I wanted to call these exercises 'Casual Ablutions,' in memory of the immortal sign in the washroom of the British Museum, but my arbiter of elegance forbade it. You remember that George Gissing, homeless and penniless on London streets, used to enjoy the lavatory of the Museum Reading Room as a fountain and a shrine. But the flinty hearted trustees, finding him using the wash-stand for bath-tub and laundry, were exceeding wroth, and set up the noticethese basins are for casual ablutions only I would like to issue the same warning to the implacable reader: these fugitive pieces, very casual rinsings in the great basin of letters, must not be too bitterly resented, even by their publishers. To borrow O. Henry's joke, they are more demitasso than Tasso. -- Christopher Morley 196 pp. Englisch, Books<

ISBN: 9781598185744

I wanted to call these exercises 'Casual Ablutions,' in memory of the immortal sign in the washroom of the British Museum, but my arbiter of elegance forbade it. You remember that George … Mehr…

I wanted to call these exercises 'Casual Ablutions,' in memory of the immortal sign in the washroom of the British Museum, but my arbiter of elegance forbade it. You remember that George Gissing, homeless and penniless on London streets, used to enjoy the lavatory of the Museum Reading Room as a fountain and a shrine. But the flinty hearted trustees, finding him using the wash-stand for bath-tub and laundry, were exceeding wroth, and set up the notice these basins are for casual ablutions only I would like to issue the same warning to the implacable reader: these fugitive pieces, very casual rinsings in the great basin of letters, must not be too bitterly resented, even by their publishers. To borrow O. Henry's joke, they are more demitasso than Tasso. -- Christopher Morley Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher > Krimis & Thriller 229 x 152 x 10 mm , Aegypan, Taschenbuch, Aegypan<

2006, ISBN: 1598185748

[EAN: 9781598185744], Neubuch, [PU: Aegypan], FICTION CLASSICS AGING CONDUCT OF LIFE DETECTIVE STORIES, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781598185744], Neubuch, [PU: Aegypan], FICTION CLASSICS AGING CONDUCT OF LIFE DETECTIVE STORIES, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorChristopher Morley (1890 - 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures. Morley began writing while still in college. He ed., Books<

ISBN: 9781598185744

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Shandygaff by Christopher Morley Fiction Classics Literary ab 19.99 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Belletristik, Romane & Erzählungen, Medien > Bücher nein Taschenbuch Bücher > Belletristik > Romane & Erzählungen, Aegypan<

2006, ISBN: 1598185748

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