Jacob's Room - Virginia Woolf - Books - Independently Published - 9798668818334 - October 14, 2020
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Jacob's Room

Book Excerpt: fall and possible demise-- for where was he? what was he? Shading her eyes, she looked along the road for Captain Barfoot--yes, there he was, punctual as ever; the attentions of the Captain--all ripened Betty Flanders, enlarged her figure, tinged her face with jollity, and flooded her eyes for no reason that any one could see perhaps three times a day. True, there's no harm in crying for one's husband, and the tombstone, though plain, was a solid piece of work, and on summer's days when the widow brought her boys to stand there one felt kindly towards her. Hats were raised higher than usual; wives tugged their husbands' arms. Seabrook lay six foot beneath, dead these many years; enclosed in three shells; the crevices sealed with lead, so that, had earth and wood been glass, doubtless his very face lay visible beneath, the face of a young man whiskered, shapely, who had gone out duck-shooting and refused to change his boots."Merchant of this city," the tombstone said; though why Betty Flanders h...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 14, 2020
ISBN13 9798668818334
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 156
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 9 mm   ·   235 g
Language English  

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