The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction Volume 15 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... deathly fear for him driven her out of her safe house? And now--was she crying a last word to him? These questions shot through his brain; they were never answered, for from her to him, and from him to her, their words were all lost. Only a roar as if the world were coming to an end filled their ears and let no other sound enter. "My child Oh, Elke, oh, faithful Elke " Hauke shouted out into the storm. Then another great piece of the dike fell crashing into the depth, and the sea rushed after it, thundering. Once more he saw the head of the horse below, saw the wheels of the cart emerge out of the wild, o DEGREESJ' DEGREESix horror and then, caught in an eddy, sink underneath it and d DEGREES drown. The staring eyes of the rider, who was left all alone on the dike, saw nothing more. "The end " he said, in a low voice to himself. Then he rode up to the abyss where the water, gurgling gruesomely, was beginning to flood his home village. Still he saw the light glimmer from his house; it was soulless now. He drew himself up erect, and drove the spurs into his horse's shanks; the horse reared and would almost have fallen over, but the man's force held it down. "Go on " he called once more, as he had called so often when he wanted a brisk ride. "Lord God, take me, save the others " One more prick of the spurs; a scream from the horse .J' . that rose above the storm and the roar of the waves--then '_.-"' from the rushing stream below a muffled sound, a short struggle. The moon shone from her height, but down on the dike there was no more life, only the wild waters that soon had 'i 'V almost wholly flooded the old land. But the hill of Hauke (/., Haien's farm was still rising above the turmoil, the light was still glimmering there and from the higher land, where...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... deathly fear for him driven her out of her safe house? And now--was she crying a last word to him? These questions shot through his brain; they were never answered, for from her to him, and from him to her, their words were all lost. Only a roar as if the world were coming to an end filled their ears and let no other sound enter. "My child Oh, Elke, oh, faithful Elke " Hauke shouted out into the storm. Then another great piece of the dike fell crashing into the depth, and the sea rushed after it, thundering. Once more he saw the head of the horse below, saw the wheels of the cart emerge out of the wild, o DEGREESJ' DEGREESix horror and then, caught in an eddy, sink underneath it and d DEGREES drown. The staring eyes of the rider, who was left all alone on the dike, saw nothing more. "The end " he said, in a low voice to himself. Then he rode up to the abyss where the water, gurgling gruesomely, was beginning to flood his home village. Still he saw the light glimmer from his house; it was soulless now. He drew himself up erect, and drove the spurs into his horse's shanks; the horse reared and would almost have fallen over, but the man's force held it down. "Go on " he called once more, as he had called so often when he wanted a brisk ride. "Lord God, take me, save the others " One more prick of the spurs; a scream from the horse .J' . that rose above the storm and the roar of the waves--then '_.-"' from the rushing stream below a muffled sound, a short struggle. The moon shone from her height, but down on the dike there was no more life, only the wild waters that soon had 'i 'V almost wholly flooded the old land. But the hill of Hauke (/., Haien's farm was still rising above the turmoil, the light was still glimmering there and from the higher land, where...

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Theclassics.Us

Country of origin

United States

Release date

September 2013

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September 2013

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246 x 189 x 8mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

156

ISBN-13

978-1-230-38644-7

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9781230386447

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1-230-38644-0



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