Banner by the WaysideRandom house, 1947 - 442 páginas "This is a picaresque novel set pre-Civil War on the Erie Canal. Durie Edwards is a female foundling, raised as a boy in a bookshop. She falls in with traveling players, thieves, con men, disreputable women (and men), as she tries to sort out the truth from the pious lies told to her, and eventually finding love. Durie's essential innocence is used to bring out the characters of the people she meets. Life on the canal boats is, as far as I can tell, accurately presented. It's a slice of Americana."--Goodreads |
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Página 312
... Gypsy admitted . “ Again , it mightn't . We ain't got that far yet . " " Good luck , Gypsy . " " You don't believe in it , though . ” " What ? Wedlock ? Not for myself . " " You better , " said Gypsy . " Why ? " " You're getting too old ...
... Gypsy admitted . “ Again , it mightn't . We ain't got that far yet . " " Good luck , Gypsy . " " You don't believe in it , though . ” " What ? Wedlock ? Not for myself . " " You better , " said Gypsy . " Why ? " " You're getting too old ...
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... Gypsy Vilas ! She felt suddenly hungry for the easy , warm companionship of the little vagrant . Would Gypsy still be in Schenectady ? Not likely , now that winter was over . More probably she and Tim Baggo would have taken the road ...
... Gypsy Vilas ! She felt suddenly hungry for the easy , warm companionship of the little vagrant . Would Gypsy still be in Schenectady ? Not likely , now that winter was over . More probably she and Tim Baggo would have taken the road ...
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... Gypsy's philosophy above hers . The two girls struck northward in the glow of a spring morning . Durie's tackle provided them with lunch from a way- side creek , though Gypsy grumbled at the trout as being less flavorsome than her ...
... Gypsy's philosophy above hers . The two girls struck northward in the glow of a spring morning . Durie's tackle provided them with lunch from a way- side creek , though Gypsy grumbled at the trout as being less flavorsome than her ...
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