Volume Three, Chapter 7
«It was a sweet view – sweet to the eye and the mind. English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen
«Mr. Weston’s ball was to be a real thing. A very few to-morrows stood between the young people of Highbury
Volume 2
Volume 2, Chapter 17
«(…) of guessing how soon it might be necessary for her to throw coldness into her air (…)»
«(…) and give the most decided proof of what degree of intimacy was chosen for the future.»
«(…) and to give her the impression of his not being improved by the mixture of pique and pretension, now
Der Roman spielt in einer entlegenen Flusslandschaft im Osten Polens, in die die Nazi-Deutschen eingefallen sind. Die Dorfbewohner arrangieren