Wilbur Smith - At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy ...

Wilbur Smith Zitate

At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham's 'Introduction To Modern English And American Literature.' To this day I keep it on the shelf between my collection of Forester's works and the little urn that contains my mother's ashes.

Wilbur Smith

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Mit 12 Jahren gewann ich den Schulpreis für den Best English Essay. Der Preis war eine Kopie von Somerset Maughams "Einführung in die moderne englische und amerikanische Literatur". Bis heute bewahre ich es zwischen meiner Sammlung von Förstern und der kleinen Urne mit der Asche meiner Mutter im Regal auf.

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