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Drawing on his vivid childhood memories of the seaside town of weymouth, author john cowper powys creates a striking collection of human oddities, through which he shows his deep sympathy for the variety, the eccentricity, the essential loneliness of human beings. A book of literary devotions john cowper powys 93 downloads. Apr 01, 2009 a framed photo of john cowper powys looks over the domain of michael seidenbergs brazen head shop, a byappointment only apartment filled to the ceilings with used books. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
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Powys, john cowper 18721963 powys, an english novelist, poet, and essayist, recreated in his novels the western english countryside of his youth. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Book is clean and tight with lightly bumped corners, a trace of minor soiling to foot of spine, bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, a small area of light foxing on front endpapers, minor tanning all edges. Literature, literature, literature publisher simon and schuster collection universallibrary. See john cowper powys, the philosophy of kwang, the dial, vol.
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