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Jack: A Novel pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
"Animals are nothing but the forms of
our virtues and vices, wandering before
our eyes, the visible phantoms of our
souls ?
--VICTOR HUGO
A powerful novel about the spiritual
bond between man and animal, Jack will
touch the hearts of all who have known
love and loss.
Jack McKenna grows up in teh fields
of Devon in the timeless days before
World War I. His constant companion is
Bethlehem, a roan mare whom he
nurtures from a foal and plans to buy.
His dream of the two of them working
together contains a promise: that his
beloved Beth will meet the end of her
days in a green pasture.
But when the Great War begins, Beth
is requisitioned for the artillery. Bound
by loyalty, Jack, now grown, leaves his
young wife and takes his place on the Western Front,journeying from battery to battery in search of just one horse among thousands.
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Jack: A Novel pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024