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  • Jeremy
    Hugh Walpole
    About thirty years ago there was at the top of the right-hand side of Orange Street, in Polchester, a large stone house. I say 'was'; the shell of it is still there, and the people who now live in it are quite unaware, I suppose, that anything has happened to the inside of it, except that they are certainly assured that their furniture is vastly superior to the furniture of the...
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  • The Dark Forest
    Hugh Walpole
    His was the first figure to catch my eye that evening in Petrograd; he stood under the dusky lamp in the vast gloomy Warsaw station, with exactly the expression that I was afterwards to know so well, impressed not only upon his face but also upon the awkwardness of his arms that hung stiffly at his side, upon the baggy looseness of his trousers at the knees, the unfastened stra...
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  • The Golden Scarecrow
    Hugh Walpole
    When Hugh Seymour was nine years of age he was sent from Ceylon, where his parents lived, to be educated in England. His relations having, for the most part, settled in foreign countries, he spent his holidays as a very minute and pale-faced 'paying guest' in various houses where other children were of more importance than he, or where children as a race were of no importance a...
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  • Fortitude
    Hugh Walpole
    Tisn’t life that matters! ’Tis the courage you bring to it ... this from old Frosted Moses in the warm corner by the door. There might have been an answer, but Dicky Tasset, the Town Idiot, filled in the pause with the tale that he was telling Mother Figgis. 'And I ran-a mile or more with the stars dotted all over the ground for yer pickin’, as yer might say....' A little b...
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  • Jeremy
    Hugh Walpole
    About thirty years ago there was at the top of the right-hand side of Orange Street, in Polchester, a large stone house. I say 'was'; the shell of it is still there, and the people who now live in it are quite unaware, I suppose, that anything has happened to the inside of it, except that they are certainly assured that their furniture is vastly superior to the furniture of the...
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  • The Dark Forest
    Hugh Walpole
    His was the first figure to catch my eye that evening in Petrograd; he stood under the dusky lamp in the vast gloomy Warsaw station, with exactly the expression that I was afterwards to know so well, impressed not only upon his face but also upon the awkwardness of his arms that hung stiffly at his side, upon the baggy looseness of his trousers at the knees, the unfastened stra...
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    34,06 €

  • The Golden Scarecrow
    Hugh Walpole
    When Hugh Seymour was nine years of age he was sent from Ceylon, where his parents lived, to be educated in England. His relations having, for the most part, settled in foreign countries, he spent his holidays as a very minute and pale-faced 'paying guest' in various houses where other children were of more importance than he, or where children as a race were of no importance a...
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  • The Old Ladies
    Hugh Walpole
    This vintage book contains Hugh Walpole’s 1924 novel, 'The Old Ladies'. This book was written whilst Walpole was staying with his parents in Switzerland. It was begun without much prior thought, and served as a welcome break from another book he had been writing by which he had been utterly absorbed. Inspired by a peculiar old lady encountered by Walpole in Switzerland, this si...
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    35,01 €

  • The Prelude to Adventure
    Hugh Walpole
    There is a God after all. That was the immense conviction that faced him as he heard, slowly, softly, the leaves, the twigs, settle themselves after that first horrid crash which the clumsy body had made. Olva Dune stood for an instant straight and s ...
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  • The Prelude to Adventure
    Hugh Walpole
    There is a God after all. That was the immense conviction that faced him as he heard, slowly, softly, the leaves, the twigs, settle themselves after that first horrid crash which the clumsy body had made. Olva Dune stood for an instant straight and s ...
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    34,35 €

  • The Cathedral
    Hugh Walpole
    Adam Brandon was born at Little Empton in Kent in 1839. He was educated at the King’s School, Canterbury, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1863, he was first curate at St. Martin’s, Portsmouth, then Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester; in the year 1875 he accepted the living of Pomfret in Wiltshire and was there for twelve years. It was in 1887 that he came to ou...
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  • Fortitude
    Hugh Walpole
    'Do you really want me, Peter?'He didn’t speak but his whole body turned towards her, answering her question.'Because I am yours entirely. I became yours that day when your hand touched mine. I wasn’t sure before-I knew then-'He looked at her. He saw her, he thought for the first time....-from FortitudeThe first great success of one of the most popular novelists of the early 20...
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  • Fortitude
    Hugh Walpole
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    27,74 €

  • The Dark Forest
    Hugh Walpole
    The Dark Forest is a novel written by Hugh Walpole. It is a gripping tale of mystery, suspense, and intrigue set in the dark and foreboding forests of Russia. The story follows the lives of a group of characters who find themselves drawn to the forest, each with their own reasons for being there. There is the young and beautiful Princess Olga, who is seeking refuge from her tro...
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    35,57 €

  • The Cathedral
    Hugh Walpole
    Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Adam Brandon was born at Little Empton in Kent in 1839. He was educated at the King’s School, Canterbury, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1863, he was first curate at St. Martin’s, Portsmouth, t...
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    32,95 €

  • The Captives
    Hugh Walpole
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    35,51 €

  • The Secret City a Novel in Three Parts
    Hugh Walpole
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    23,94 €

  • The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death
    Hugh Walpole
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    29,90 €


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