a brief moral saying taken from ancient or popula…
The Transit of Venus
by
Shirley Hazzard
March 31, 2024 - April 2, 2024
(read, fiction, worth-rereading, women-and-their-dilemmas)
Hazzard, S. (1990). The Transit of Venus. Penguin Books.
p.253
sententia »
p.237
crepuscular »
(adj) of, resembling, or relating to twilight
p.221
bilious »
(adjective) of or indicative of a peevish ill-nat…
p.200
roué »
(noun) a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasur…
p.153
gravid »
(adjective) pregnant / (adjective) distended with…
p.286
He said, "I am near thirty-four years of age, and…
p.281
"I've not seen you since."
It was the mingling…
p.277
When she left the place it was getting dark and t…
p.274
She saw, or knew, that Angus Dance had come back …
p.271
The bare facts of Grace Thrale's love, if enumera…