At the top of a hill our automobile stuck in a snowdrift. Peasants ran out of a cottage near by, shouting with laughter because machinery had made a … - Rebecca West

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At the top of a hill our automobile stuck in a snowdrift. Peasants ran out of a cottage near by, shouting with laughter because machinery had made a fool of itself, and dug out the automobile with incredible rapidity. They were doubtless anxious to get back and tell a horse about it.

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Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield DBE (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer.

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Pen Names: Lynx
Birth Name: Cecily Isabel Fairfield
Alternative Names: West, Dame Rebecca • Dame Rebecca West • Cicely Fairchild • Cicily Isabel Andrews • Cicily Andrews • Cicely Isabel Fairfield • Cicily Isobel Fairfield • Cicily Isabel Fairfield • Cicily Fairfield Andrews • Mrs H. M. Andrews • Cicily Fairfield • Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield • Cicily Farifield
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