Naughts and Crosses Read By Arthur Quiller-Couch
| Title | : | Naughts and Crosses |
| Author | : | Arthur Quiller-Couch |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 188 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1606646710 |
Once upon a time there was born a boy child with a magic shadow.The birth, on the night of a new moon, took place down a narrow alley The sun never penetrated there beyond the third storey windows which is why the charwoman, his mother, was so long in discovering her child s strange gift.One day, when she and her boy were out playing, the boy stopped for a moment H Once upon a time there was born a boy child with a magic shadow.The birth, on the night of a new moon, took place down a narrow alley The sun never penetrated there beyond the third storey windows which is why the charwoman, his mother, was so long in discovering her child s strange gift.One day, when she and her boy were out playing, the boy stopped for a moment He stood and smiled at her with the sun at his back and his shadow lay upon the whitened steps But the silhouette was not that of a little breeched boy at all, but of a little girl in petticoats with long curls, where the charwoman s son was close cropped The Magic Shadow is one of the dozen plus stories of everyday life and of not so everyday delight and wonder in Naughts and Crosses, by the author of The Splendid Spur
about Author
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book of English Verse 1250 1900 later extended to 1918 , and for his literary criticism He guided the taste of many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84 Charing Cross Road, its sequel, Q s Legacy, and the putatively Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book of English Verse 1250 1900 later extended to 1918 , and for his literary criticism He guided the taste of many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84 Charing Cross Road, its sequel, Q s Legacy, and the putatively fictional Horace Rumpole via John Mortimer, his literary amanuensis 
The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918
On the Art of Writing
On The Art Of Reading
The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900
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Once upon a time there was born a boy child with a magic shadow.The birth, on the night of a new moon, took place down a narrow alley The sun never pe
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