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The Dark Flower
John Galsworthy
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On the afternoon of the day following he sat in the smoking-room with a prayer book in his hand, and a frown on his forehead, reading the Marriage Service. The book had been effectively designed for not spoiling the figure when carried in a pocket. But this did not matter, for even if he could have read the words, he would not have known what they meant, seeing that he was thinking how he could make a certain petition to a certain person sitting just behind at a large bureau with a sliding top, examining artificial flies.
He fixed at last upon this form:
"Gordy!" (Why Gordy no one quite knew now—whether because his name was George, or by way of corruption from Guardian.) "When Cis is gone it'll be rather awful, won't it?"
"Not a bit."
Mr. Heatherley was a man of perhaps sixty-four, if indeed guardians have ages, and like a doctor rather than a squire; his face square and puffy, his eyes always half-closed, and. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
I have the complete Novels of Galsworthy ,(1926) edition. He is one of my favorite author. The book is about Mark Lennan's 3 passionate love affair during his adolescence, youth, and middle age. First with an older married women, wife of his Oxford tutor, second with another married women of an olde
A beautiful, haunting book. It seems to be somewhat autobiographical, echoing Galsworthy's own rather complicated marriage and also his brief platonic love affair with a much younger woman, the dancer and actress, Margaret Morris. She wrote a very moving, short book about their relationship, years a
Tri zasebne ljubavne priče govore o razlikama i nijansama emocija u različitim godinama života jednog junaka, Marka Lenana. U prvoj priči, Proleće, Mark je student zaljubljen u ženu svog profesora, u drugoj priči, Leto, zatičemo ga u dvadeset petoj godini sa zrelijim razmišljanjima, a opet zaljublje
Ako ne računam lektire koje sam čitao za školu, ovo je najstarija knjiga koju sam pročitao. Igrom slučaja zainteresovao me je naslov, pretražio sam na internetu i ukratko video opis i kupio je. Autor dobro vlada emocijama i opisom istih. Cela knjiga upravo i govori o emocijama, onim skrivenim o koji
The dark flower of passion, carnation or clove pink. Awfully beautiful. And sad of course.
"Well, life, with all its prizes and its possibilities, had nothing that quite satisfied—save just the fleeting moments of passion! Nothing else quite poignant enough to be called pure joy! Or so it seemed to h
Although this book was not as entertaining to read as the other books I've read of Galworthy's, it was an interesting character study. Again, not as intriguing as other characters I've followed in a Galworthy novel but this was worthwhile at the end. Lennan is an aspiring sculptor who throughout, se