This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... wore a muslin dress, but the muslin was hidden by a profusion of small "volants de Valenciennes" lace. The dress was cut very low, open square in front. Her arms were bare to the elbow; a bouquet of crimson roses was fastened in the corsage, and a single rose nestled in her hair, fastened by a diamond ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... wore a muslin dress, but the muslin was hidden by a profusion of small "volants de Valenciennes" lace. The dress was cut very low, open square in front. Her arms were bare to the elbow; a bouquet of crimson roses was fastened in the corsage, and a single rose nestled in her hair, fastened by a diamond pin--nothing more. Mme. Scott suddenly noticed that Jean was being monopolized by her two children. " Pray leave them with me, madame." "I am so vexed at making you dine so late! My sister has not yet come down. Ah! here she is l" Bettina made her appearance in a muslin dress like her sister's, covered with the same costly lace, wearing roses also, and with the same charm, the same pleasant, smiling welcome. "How do you do, M. le Cure? Have you forgiven me my horrid indiscretion of the other day?" And tuming to Jean, she held out her hand to him, saying: "Good evening, Monsieur--Monsieur Well, now! I cannot remember your name--yet it seems to me that we are old friends already." "Jean Reynaud.." "Jean Reynaud--that is it. Good evening, M. Jean Reynaud! But I tell you candidly that when we are really old friends--in about a week's time---I shall call you M. Jean. It is a very pretty name, Jean." Dinner was ready. The govemesses came to fetch the children. Mme. Scott passed into the dining-room on the Cure's arm, and Jean escort ed Bettina. Before she appeared Jean had said to himself, "Mme. Scott is the prettier!" When he felt Bettina's little hand slipping under his arm, and when she turned to him her exquisite face, he said to himself, "Miss Percival is the prettier!.." But he was again perplexed when...
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Hardback, 1902. Hardcover in Very Good Condition, without jacket, as issued. The French Classical Romances, Editor-in-Chief Edmund Gosse. 190/67 pages. Introduction by Robert Herrick. Frontispiece and Other Portraits with Descriptive Notes by Octave Uzanne. Frontis tissue protected. Black cloth binding with blind stamped double border on front, two gilt outlined panels on spine with gilt lettering within-quite bright and clear. Fleur de lys in black to spine. Quite clean with light wear to corners and spine head and heel, with hinge rubbed. Solid and tight sewn binding. Lime-green decorated title page. Short bio of author. Former owner name on verso of frontis. Inner hinge cracked at title page. Pages clean and unmarked, no tears, lightly toned. Ludovic Halevy (1834-1908) was a French author, playwright, librettist who, in collaboration with Henri Meithac, wrote the librettos for most of the operettas of Offenbach--buffonary, farce, light and ironic mockery. Halevy was also a noted novelist and short story writer. "L'Abbe Constantin", published in 1882, shortly after the Franco-German War, is a sentimental story of all good men and women; it was very popular, particularly after Zola's novels of nearly all bad men and women. 190/67 pages. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. 1902, P.F. Collier & Son, New York, New York, USA.
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