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Wild Oranges

By Joseph Hergesheimer

2020-05-08 06:28:30

Brief Extract: The ketch drifted into the serene enclosure of the bay as silently as the reflections moving over the mirrorlike surface of the water. Beyond a low arm of land that hid the sea the western sky was a single, clear yellow; farther on the ... Read more
Brief Extract: The ketch drifted into the serene enclosure of the bay as silently as the reflections moving over the mirrorlike surface of the water. Beyond a low arm of land that hid the sea the western sky was a single, clear yellow; farther on the left the pale, incalculably old limbs of cypress, their roots bare, were hung with gathering shadows as delicate as their own faint foliage. The stillness was emphasized by the ceaseless murmur of the waves breaking on the far, seaward bars. Less

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File size728.152 KB
Print pages150
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1340742676
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Joseph Hergesheimer
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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was an American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy. Hergesheimer wa...

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