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The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers
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The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers
I have read of men who, when forced by their calling to live for long periods in utter solitude- save for a few black faces- have made it a rule to dress regularly for dinner in order to maintain their self-respect and prevent a relapse into barbarism. It was in some such spirit, with an added touch of self-consciousness, that, at seven o'clock in the evening of 23rd September in a recent year, I was making my evening toilet in my chambers in Pall Mall. I thought the date and the place justified the parallel; to my advantage even; for the obscure Burmese administrator might well be a man of blunted sensibilities and coarse fibre, and at least he is alone with nature, while I- well, a young man of condition and fashion, who knows the right people, belongs to the right clubs, has a safe, possibly a brilliant, future in the Foreign Office- may be excused for a sense of complacent martyrdom, when, with his keen appreciation of the social calendar, he is doomed to the outer solitude of London in September.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 5, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9798702589060 |
Publishers | Independently Published |
Pages | 146 |
Dimensions | 127 × 203 × 9 mm · 163 g |
Language | English |
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