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The story begins and ends in the smoking room of a london club during the 1940 blitz, where the narrator and the elderly john howard decide to remain with their armchairs and marsala rather than seek the safety of the shelter. The most common theme in his novels is the dignity of work, spanning. Little rose was ten years old, the daughter of the womans. Publication date 1944 topics iiit collection digitallibraryindia. However, the nazi conquest of the low countries puts an end to. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are.
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