To Say Nothing of the Dog: A novel of the Oxford Time Travel seriesRandom House Publishing Group, 18 лист. 2009 р. - 608 стор. “Willis effortlessly juggles comedy of manners, chaos theory and a wide range of literary allusions [with a] near flawlessness of plot, character and prose.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) From Connie Willis, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, comes a comedic romp through an unpredictable world of mystery, love, and time travel. Ned Henry is badly in need of a rest. He’s been shuttling between the twenty-first century and the 1940s in search of a hideous Victorian vase called “the bishop’s bird stump” as part of a project to restore the famed Coventry Cathedral, destroyed in a Nazi air raid. But then Verity Kindle, a fellow time traveler, inadvertently brings back something from the past. Now Ned must jump to the Victorian era to help Verity put things right—not only to save the project but also to prevent altering history itself. |
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... took her to write , open a window to another world , and that she saw something there . " -The Washington Post Book World LINCOLN'S DREAMS " A love story on more than one level , and Ms. Willis does jus- tice to them all . It was only ...
... took her to write , open a window to another world , and that she saw something there . " -The Washington Post Book World LINCOLN'S DREAMS " A love story on more than one level , and Ms. Willis does jus- tice to them all . It was only ...
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... took me four tries to get this close . The first time I came through I landed on the nineteenth . The second time I ended up in the middle of December . The third time I ended up spot - on target , right month , right day , ten minutes ...
... took me four tries to get this close . The first time I came through I landed on the nineteenth . The second time I ended up in the middle of December . The third time I ended up spot - on target , right month , right day , ten minutes ...
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... took the windows - to check . It wasn't there . " " Oh , " Carruthers said . " Could it have been moved to some- where else in the church ? " That was an idea . Perhaps one of the Altar Guild ladies , unable to stand the sight of it ...
... took the windows - to check . It wasn't there . " " Oh , " Carruthers said . " Could it have been moved to some- where else in the church ? " That was an idea . Perhaps one of the Altar Guild ladies , unable to stand the sight of it ...
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... took off after it , barking wildly . I went over to where the new recruit was sitting gazing inter- estedly after them , switched off the torch , helped him up , and said , " Come help me with these timbers . " " Did you see that cat ...
... took off after it , barking wildly . I went over to where the new recruit was sitting gazing inter- estedly after them , switched off the torch , helped him up , and said , " Come help me with these timbers . " " Did you see that cat ...
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... took hold of my sleeve . “ This way , sir , " he said , " no , not that way , through here , that's it . No , no , this way , " and led me , finally , to freedom . But on the same side I'd been when I started . " This is no good , Finch ...
... took hold of my sleeve . “ This way , sir , " he said , " no , not that way , through here , that's it . No , no , this way , " and led me , finally , to freedom . But on the same side I'd been when I started . " This is no good , Finch ...
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Arbitage asked Baine battle began bishop's bird stump Bittner boat butler carpetbag Carruthers Chapel Chattisbourne church Colonel Mering Connie Willis Coventry Cathedral curate Cyril diary door drop drowned Dunworthy Eglantine eyes fetch fête Finch fire fish gazebo girl gone grabbed hand happened head Henry Hercule Poirot Iffley incongruity increased slippage Jane jumble sale Lady Schrapnell looked Luftwaffe luggage Madame Iritosky Mama Maud Mering's Mesiel minutes Miss Mering morning never night nodded Overforce Oxford penwiper Perhaps Princess Arjumand Professor Peddick pulled raid river round séance shook shouted sleep someone sound spirit stairs started station stood stopped supposed tell Terence there's thing thought time-lag told took Tossie Tossie's train Trewes tried trying turned verger Verity Verity's Victorian Victorian era wait Warder What's wondered
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Сторінка 119 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Сторінка 264 - I don't think they play at all fairly," Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, "and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear oneself speak — and they don't seem to have any rules in particular: at least, if there are, nobody attends to them — and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive...
Сторінка 17 - If everybody minded their own business," said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, "the world would go round a deal faster than it does.
Сторінка 35 - How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
Сторінка 422 - Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use , for earth too dear ! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows , As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done , I'll watch her place of stand , And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Сторінка 187 - Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?" "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." "The dog did nothing in the night-time.
Сторінка 74 - Let's go up the river." He said we should have fresh air, exercise and quiet; the constant change of scene would occupy our minds (including what there was of Harris's); and the hard work would give us a good appetite, and make us sleep well. Harris said he didn't think George ought to do anything that would have a tendency to make him sleepier than he always was, as it might be dangerous. He said he didn't very well understand how George was going to sleep any more than he did now, seeing that there...
Сторінка 107 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Сторінка 431 - This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.
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