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Rada: A Belgian Christmas Eve

By Alfred Noyes

2020-03-05 01:22:05

Rada : A Belgian Christmas Eve The action takes place in a Belgian village, during the War of 1914. The scene is a room in the doctor’s house. On the right there is a door opening to the street, a window with red curtains, and a desk under the win ... Read more
Rada : A Belgian Christmas Eve The action takes place in a Belgian village, during the War of 1914. The scene is a room in the doctor’s house. On the right there is a door opening to the street, a window with red curtains, and a desk under the window. On the left there is a large cupboard with a door on either side of it, one leading to a bedroom and the other to the kitchen. At the back an open fire is burning brightly. Over the fireplace there is a reproduction in colours of the Dresden[Pg 10] Madonna. The room is lit only by the firelight and two candles in brass candlesticks, on a black oak table, at which the two soldiers are seated, playing cards and drinking beer. Rada, a dark handsome woman, sits on a couch to the left of the fire, with her head bowed in her hands, weeping. Less

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File size497.4 KB
Print pages112
PublisherPublic Domain Book
Publication date2010-04-06
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1373253460
Alfred Noyes CBE (16 September 1880 – 25 June 1958) was an English poet, short-story writer, and playwright, best known for his ballads, "The Highwayman" and "The Barrel-Organ". Noyes was born in Wo...

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