The Crystal Nights: A NovelThe story of a warm and close-knit Jewish family and, in particular, of the romantic and self-centered daughter, Elly, an aspiring actress. When relatives who are refugees from the Nazis move in with them, Elly has to do some growing uo. |
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... side of the square was the town library where they often stopped for books , and on the second side was Miss Wright's Female Seminary , the fa- mous girls ' finishing school where Laura's father taught art and her mother French . The ...
... side of the square was the town library where they often stopped for books , and on the second side was Miss Wright's Female Seminary , the fa- mous girls ' finishing school where Laura's father taught art and her mother French . The ...
Page 28
... side she looked like an Egyptian painted head , remote and noble . " Elly , she won't do You Can't Take It With You ... side by side on the bed , reading out from a tattered copy of the play , enchanted by the words , which they repeated ...
... side she looked like an Egyptian painted head , remote and noble . " Elly , she won't do You Can't Take It With You ... side by side on the bed , reading out from a tattered copy of the play , enchanted by the words , which they repeated ...
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... side by side on the blanket spread over the tussocky ground , wonderfully at home in their suntanned bodies , which were drying under the hot sun , shielded only by bathing suits . Phil and Margot had swum downstream to sit on the huge ...
... side by side on the blanket spread over the tussocky ground , wonderfully at home in their suntanned bodies , which were drying under the hot sun , shielded only by bathing suits . Phil and Margot had swum downstream to sit on the huge ...
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