The Valley of the Moon - Jack London - Books - Independently Published - 9798733879451 - April 6, 2021
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The Valley of the Moon

Book Excerpt: lame. It was a small room, not disorderly, because of lack offurnishings to disorder it. The plaster, discolored by the steamof many wash-days, was crisscrossed with cracks from the bigearthquake of the previous spring. The floor was ridged, wide-cracked, and uneven, and in front of the stove it was wornthrough and repaired with a five-gallon oil-can hammered flat anddouble. A sink, a dirty roller-towel, several chairs, and awooden table completed the picture. An apple-core crunched under her foot as she drew a chair to thetable. On the frayed oilcloth, a supper waited. She attempted thecold beans, thick with grease, but gave them up, and buttered aslice of bread. The rickety house shook to a heavy, prideless tread, and throughthe inner door came Sarah, middle-aged, lop-breasted, hair-tousled, her face lined with care and fat petulance."Huh, it's you," she grunted a greeting. "I just couldn't keepthings warm. Such a day! I near died of the heat. An' littleHenry cut his lip awful. The docRead More

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 6, 2021
ISBN13 9798733879451
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 414
Dimensions 216 × 279 × 22 mm   ·   952 g
Language English  

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