A Scientific RomanceAnchor, 1997 - 352 pages It is 1999, in London, David Lambert, jilted lover and reluctant museum curator, is about to discover the startling news of the return of H.G. Wells' time machine to London. Motivated by a host of unanswered questions and innate curiosity, he propels himself deep into the next millennium. |
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Page 33
... never really stopped being his , never felt like mine . He lurks in the carpets and curtains , a sour transpiration on muggy summer nights ; and in winter I hear the creak of him rising from his chair by the hearth . I still haven't ...
... never really stopped being his , never felt like mine . He lurks in the carpets and curtains , a sour transpiration on muggy summer nights ; and in winter I hear the creak of him rising from his chair by the hearth . I still haven't ...
Page 62
... never met this cousin , never asked to , never was asked . Presumably that creature at the church in tweeds was she or he - an old covered wagon , hardly the sort you could approach and say , I knew your cousin . We were lovers . How ...
... never met this cousin , never asked to , never was asked . Presumably that creature at the church in tweeds was she or he - an old covered wagon , hardly the sort you could approach and say , I knew your cousin . We were lovers . How ...
Page 208
... Never , never , never get your history from the bard ! ( ' Daphne ' Shadwell thundering at Middleton . ) Daphne was right : Shakespeare can't be trusted here . To Celtic Scots - as dis- tinct from those mingled with the English epicures ...
... Never , never , never get your history from the bard ! ( ' Daphne ' Shadwell thundering at Middleton . ) Daphne was right : Shakespeare can't be trusted here . To Celtic Scots - as dis- tinct from those mingled with the English epicures ...
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