Author : Richard Pryce
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483319240
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Book Synopsis David Penstephen (Classic Reprint) by : Richard Pryce
Download or read book David Penstephen (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Pryce and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from David Penstephen He stood by the table then and watched Betsy go through much the same exercises with Georgina. Georgina had the advantage of him, however, in having been wide awake by the time her turn came. Georgina made no fuss. Presently two dressed children stood by the table, and watched Betsy as, having finished them, she proceeded to finish herself. Something had happened the night before. Things often did happen. Later, when David was old enough to observe, he knew that there was something connected with the fam ily that made 'things' always liable to happen. His father's face would wear a frown and his mother's an anxious but unsurprised look, and generally it would not be long before they moved on somewhere else. Arrivals, departures, un packings and packings, trains, porters, cloakrooms, luggage, douanes, omnibuses, hotels, hotel servants, lodgings, beds with curtains, beds without curtains, beds with mosquito nets, beds in recesses: these were life and life was these. David aged seven took these and took this for granted for a matter and for matters of course. There was himself, and there was Father (when there was Father, that is, for sometimes Father was not there), and Mother (almost always Mother), and quite always Betsy. There was also Georgina - since the arrival of Georgina. That was the family. What there was n't, though David did not know it yet, was a home. David's mother, with the pale gentle face and the tired eyes, had almost given up hope that there ever would be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
