Dr No / compiled by Julia Swannell
| dc.contributor | Gilliver, Peter OUP Oxford Dictionaries |
| dc.contributor.author | Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T16:19:18Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T16:19:18Z |
| dc.date.created | 1958 |
| dc.date.issued | 1976-01-01 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0507 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0507 |
| dc.description.abstract | [198-?] In English Title from title page of source text |
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| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Legacy Collection |
| dc.rights | Although this resource has been deposited with us, it is not currently available for re-use by others. |
| dc.rights.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/licence-ota |
| dc.rights.label | ACA |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Novels -- Great Britain -- 20th century |
| dc.subject.other | Novels |
| dc.title | Dr No / compiled by Julia Swannell |
| dc.type | Text |
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| files.size | 428507 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1900-1999 |
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<Y 1958> <A I. FLEMING> <T Dr. No(1977)> <C i> <P 9> HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR Punctually at six o'clock the sun set with a last yellow flash behind the Blue Mountains, a wave of violet shadow poured down Richmond Road, and the crickets and tree frogs in the fine gardens began to zing and tinkle. @Apart from the background noise of the insects, the wide empty street was quiet. The wealthy owners of the big, withdrawn houses -- the bank managers, company direc+ tors and top civil servants -- had been home since five o'clock and they would be discussing the day with their wives or taking a shower and changing their clothes. In half an hour the street would come to life again with the cocktail traffic, but now this very superior half-mile of "Rich Road", as it was known to the tradesmen of Kingston, held nothing but the suspense of an empty stage and the heavy perfume of night-scented jasmine. @Richmond Road is the "best" road in all Jamaica. It is Jamaica's Park Avenue, its Kensington Pal . . .
