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The water rose further and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble.

William Golding

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William Golding
Age: 81 †
Born: 1911
Born: September 19
Died: 1993
Died: June 19
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Newquay
Cornwall
William Gerald Albert Golding
Sir William Gerald Golding
Water
Shoulders
Coarse
Rose
Brightness
Became
Cheek
Line
Simon
Hair
Marble
Turn
Shoulder
Lines
Cheeks
Silvered
Turns
Dressed
Sculptured

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