In this novel, one character fears that, were he struck by lightning, the Junta would be no more, so he selects Sir John Marraby and The MacQuern to join him.
In this novel, one character fears that, were he struck by lightning, the Junta would be no more, so he selects Sir John Marraby and The MacQuern to join him. It is noted that a cowardly man in this novel only has one pair of boots, leading Katie to realize he is still alive. As he dies, one character wishes his landlady cashed his check, because he does not want Mrs. ($) Batch to get caught up in red tape. A ring is dropped in front of the title character by the fiancee of Noaks, who makes up an excuse about an injured spine to get out of a certain commitment. Two (*) black owls perch on the battlements of Tankerton in this novel, foretelling the death of the Duke of Dorset, whose death inspires countless people to commit suicide. For ten points, identify this "Oxford love story" in which students jump into the river in honor of the title female, a work by Max Beerbohm.
In this novel, one character fears that, were he struck by lightning, the Junta would be no more, so he selects Sir John Marraby and The MacQuern to join him.
{Zuleika Dobson}