West of the HillMacmillan Company, 1949 - 248 страница "Here is a heart-warming novel about Maine people two generations ago. The tall, chestnut-haired girl named Molly had grown up in an atmosphere of poverty, loneliness, and fear among the fishermen who worked along the coast, shut off from the inland farms by a great forest-covered hill. "West of the Hill" meant happiness to Molly - an impossible dream. But the dream came true when she bundled up her few rags and rode off with stalwart young Brad Hartwell, fish peddler and farmer. |
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... stove ! " He looked prouder still . He said , " Yes . We don't have much . But we do have a stove . I bought it Tuesday . ” " Oh , Brad ! " He added quickly , " Not a new one ! " " Of course not a new one . But a stove . " " A stove ...
... stove ! " He looked prouder still . He said , " Yes . We don't have much . But we do have a stove . I bought it Tuesday . ” " Oh , Brad ! " He added quickly , " Not a new one ! " " Of course not a new one . But a stove . " " A stove ...
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... stove , low and black . The words " White Mountain " were written on the oven door . She could see the glow of fire in its cracks . Molly ran to the stove . She bent over it ; she spread her hands above it . Her face was very close to ...
... stove , low and black . The words " White Mountain " were written on the oven door . She could see the glow of fire in its cracks . Molly ran to the stove . She bent over it ; she spread her hands above it . Her face was very close to ...
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... stove and said , " Well ! " Still looking at the stove , as if for sign of astonishment , she slowly whistled all the notes of the scale up and down again . She laughed aloud , and this frightened her . She glanced hastily , fearfully ...
... stove and said , " Well ! " Still looking at the stove , as if for sign of astonishment , she slowly whistled all the notes of the scale up and down again . She laughed aloud , and this frightened her . She glanced hastily , fearfully ...
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