2019, ISBN: f9b1d1d838f1322440300d27d49c5dc9

Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum. It is not everybody's good fortune to go to Corinth. It is also not everybody's good fortune to go to Peckham?still less to live there. But if… Meer...

Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum. It is not everybody's good fortune to go to Corinth. It is also not everybody's good fortune to go to Peckham?still less to live there. But if you were one of the favoured few, and were wont to haunt the Peckham Road and High Street, the bent figure of Angelo Fardetti would have been as familiar to you as the vast frontage of the great Emporium which, in the drapery world, makes Peckham illustrious among London suburbs. You would have seen him humbly threading his way through the female swarms that clustered at the plate-glass windows?the mere drones of the hive were fooling their frivolous lives away over ledgers in the City?the inquiry of a lost dog in his patient eyes, and an unconscious challenge to Philistia in the wiry bush of white hair that protruded beneath his perky soft felt hat. If he had been short, he might have passed unregarded; but he was very tall?in his heyday he had been six foot two?and very thin. You smile as you recall to mind the black frock-coat, somewhat white at the seams, which, tightly buttoned, had the fit of a garment of corrugated iron. Although he was so tall one never noticed the inconsiderable stretch of trouser below the long skirt. He always appeared to be wearing a truncated cassock. You were inclined to laugh at this queer exotic of the Peckham Road until you looked more keenly at the man himself. Then you saw an old, old face, very swarthy, very lined, very beautiful still in its regularity of feature, maintaining in a little white moustache with waxed ends a pathetic braggadocio of youth; a face in which the sorrows of the world seemed to have their dwelling, but sorrows that on their way thither had passed through the crucible of a simple soul., 2019<

2021, ISBN: f9b1d1d838f1322440300d27d49c5dc9

This book will have you shivering with sentiment and frowning in deep thought with every ending.It's a collection of short stories by William J. Locke. They display unconventional romance… Meer...

This book will have you shivering with sentiment and frowning in deep thought with every ending.It's a collection of short stories by William J. Locke. They display unconventional romance and appreciation of arts, especially music. The endings are usually shocking.One of the stories, Ladies in Lavender, was adapted into a 2004 movie starring Judie Dench and Maggie Smith.It's about the intricate relationship two aged ladies develop with a young violinist who mysteriously washed up on their beach. Although they cherish him, the rest of the townsfolk become increasingly suspicious of his abrupt appearance.Another story, The Song of Life, is about a musician's unwavering dream of enjoying the perfect piece, he spends decades trying to create it with no success, but things become unexpectedly complicated when he meets a young, talented composer."But why "Far-Away?" Well, the stories cover a long stretch of years, and all, save one, were written in calm days far-away from the present convulsion of the world."~William J. Locke, 2021<

ISBN: f9b1d1d838f1322440300d27d49c5dc9

William John Locke. TO THE READER DEAR SIR OR MADAM: - Good wine needs no bush, but a collection of mixed vintages does. And this book is just such a collection. Some of the stories I do … Meer...

William John Locke. TO THE READER DEAR SIR OR MADAM: - Good wine needs no bush, but a collection of mixed vintages does. And this book is just such a collection. Some of the stories I do not want to remain buried for ever in the... European Literary Collections , AU,DE,ES,FR,GB,UK,IT,MX,US English Literature, Perlego<

ISBN: f9b1d1d838f1322440300d27d49c5dc9

William John Locke. TO THE READER DEAR SIR OR MADAM: - Good wine needs no bush, but a collection of mixed vintages does. And this book is just such a collection. Some of the stories I do … Meer...

William John Locke. TO THE READER DEAR SIR OR MADAM: - Good wine needs no bush, but a collection of mixed vintages does. And this book is just such a collection. Some of the stories I do not want to remain buried for ever in the... European Literary Collections DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Literature, Perlego<

ISBN: f9b1d1d838f1322440300d27d49c5dc9

European Literary Collections , UK,GB,DE,ES,FR,IT,US,CA,MX,AU,NZ 20151118 English Literature, Perlego