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Description edit
Laughter on the Stairs, the second book in Nichols Merry Hall trilogy, continues the story begun in Merry Hall, carrying it from the garden into the house. As Nichols explains, It is as though we had been talking on the lawn and one of us had said: Its getting chilly; lets go indoors.... read more
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Quotes edit
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“To try to "live up to" anything beautiful, whether it is a Greek vase or a slow movement by Mozart, is a most worthy and moral aim; if beauty is in your head, if even a fragment of perfection abides in you, is acts as a standard to which you may constantly refer, even if the reference is subconscious.”
First Sentence edit
SPERO MELIORA proclaimed the stained-glass window on the stairs, in Gothic lettering against a background of raspberry Pink, and I still had enough fourth-form Latin to remember that these words meant `I hope for better things'.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in Merry Hall Trilogy. (standard series)
Preceded by Merry Hall, and followed by Sunlight on the Lawn.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Beverley Nichols (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 824.912
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › Literary Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Contemporary
- Books › Home & Garden › Gardening & Horticulture › Essays
- Books › Home & Garden › Gardening & Horticulture › Reference
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Essays
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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