Dialstone Lane - The Original Classic Edition

W.W Jacobs

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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Dialstone Lane.

This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by W.W. Jacobs, which is now, at last, again available to you.

Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Dialstone Lane:

The girl withdrew into the room, and, seating herself in a large arm-chair by the fireplace, watched his inspection of door-knobs and window-fastenings with an air of grave amusement, which he found somewhat trying.

...Tredgold walked home deep in thought, and by the time he had arrived there had come to the conclusion that if Miss Drewitt favoured her mother, that lady must have been singularly unlike Captain Bowers in features.

...No, he said, slowly, I cant call to mind any craft; but its odd that you should have got on this subject with me.

...Hes an old man, he said, slowly, but if any of you would like to step outside with me for five minutes, youve only got to say the word, you know.

...I tell you it did my fathers art good to see em all dressed up like that; and when I thought of its all being owing to you, sit down at home in comfort with a pipe instead of coming to thank you for it I could not.

Sujets

• General officer
• General
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486421107
• Langue: English

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