The Transposed Heads: A Legend of IndiaAn ancient Indian fable of the time when men and gods talked together. |
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In the da time, I mean, he was there, for of course he w not at night, when Islept
with his friend Shrid. man, my husband, and we met as the godlike pai as we had
for the first time on the bed of flower our wedding night, when he unlocked me ...
In the da time, I mean, he was there, for of course he w not at night, when Islept
with his friend Shrid. man, my husband, and we met as the godlike pai as we had
for the first time on the bed of flower our wedding night, when he unlocked me ...
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“Thus it was, when Shridaman came near me in the night I paled for very sorrow
that it was he and not the other, and closed my eyes so I might think Nanda
embraced me. It came about that I forbore not, in my ardour, to murmur the name
of ...
“Thus it was, when Shridaman came near me in the night I paled for very sorrow
that it was he and not the other, and closed my eyes so I might think Nanda
embraced me. It came about that I forbore not, in my ardour, to murmur the name
of ...
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She thought about her husband's body, which she had embraced in not precisely
blissful but sanctified and provocative bridal night, and which she no longer
possessed—or which, if you like, as it was now the friend-body, she still did not ...
She thought about her husband's body, which she had embraced in not precisely
blissful but sanctified and provocative bridal night, and which she no longer
possessed—or which, if you like, as it was now the friend-body, she still did not ...
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India |
| Autor | Thomas Mann |
| Übersetzt von | Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter |
| Mitwirkende Personen | Arthur George Rock |
| Verlag | A. A. Knopf, 1941 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Jan. 2007 |
| Länge | 194 Seiten |
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