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Island on the Edge of the World is a moving account of human endeavour

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The Looking Glass and Other Stories darwin Island on the Edge ofIt is New Year's Eve, and Nellie, the pretty daughter of a landowning general, is sitting in her room looking in the mirror. Although she is tired and her eyes are half closed, she is spellbound as the reflection in the looking glass dissolves into a sea of grey mist, in which she starts to discern the beloved features of her fianc. As in a diorama, the scene keeps changing, and to the early snapshots of joyful marital life succeed other, more