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Miss Mole

Miss Mole

de E. H. Young

Première publication en 1930 · 323 pages · environ 5 heures de lecture

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Miss Mole, une célibataire d'un certain âge, est engagée par un ecclésiastique guindé comme gouvernante de ses deux filles, qui ont perdu leur mère. Elle s'acquitte de sa tâche avec perspicacité, esprit et affection.

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  • “In Prince's Road, however, there were not many people and such as there were walked quietly, as though the influence of the old terraced houses on one side of the road were stronger than that of the later buildings on the other.”
    Chapter IEn anglais
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  • “These,' she smiled maliciously, 'are not my best clothes--but very nearly. My shoes, however,' she thrust out a surprisingly elegant foot, 'will always stand inspection.'”
    Chapter IIEn anglais
  • “And truth, after all, was a relative good: it had to be adulterated and adapted, like a drug, to the constitution of each individual, and Hannah would describe neither her first nor her second visit to the house in Prince's Road.”
    Chapter IIIEn anglais
  • “All life could be likened to that episode, and all human beings, and the worst sorrows came from the failure to accept imperfection, knowing it for the alloy it was and yet, by some strange spiritual alchemy, seeing it as pure gold.”
    Chapter XIIEn anglais
  • “Did it never occur to him, that she might crave for maturer society sometimes and need more relaxation than she got?”
    Chapter XXIEn anglais

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