Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465592172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 507
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At the beginning of the summer of 1850, a Russian nobleman, Count Kostia Petrovitch Leminof, had the misfortune to lose his wife suddenly, and in the flower of her beauty. She was his junior by twelve years. This cruel loss, for which he was totally unprepared, threw him into a state of profound melancholy; and some months later, seeking to mitigate his grief by the distractions of travel, he left his domains near Moscow, never intending to return. Accompanied by his twin children, ten years of age, a priest who had served them as tutor, and a serf named Ivan, he repaired to Odessa, and then took passage on a merchant ship for Martinique. Disembarking at St. Pierre, he took lodgings in a remote part of the suburbs. The profound solitude which reigned there did not at first bring the consolation he had sought. It was not enough that he had left his native country, he would have changed the planet itself; and he complained that nature everywhere was too much alike. No locality seemed to him sufficiently a stranger to his experience, and in the deserted places, where the desperate restlessness of his heart impelled him, he imagined the reappearance of the obtrusive witnesses of his past joys, and of the misfortune by which they were suddenly terminated. He had lived a year in Martinique when the yellow fever carried off one of his children. By a singular reaction in his vigorous temperament, it was about this time that his somber melancholy gave way to a bitter and sarcastic gayety, more in harmony with his nature. From his early youth he had had a taste for jocularity, a mocking turn of spirit, seasoned by that ironical grace of manner peculiar to the great Moscovite nobleman, and resulting from the constant habit of trifling with men and events. His recovery did not, however, restore the agreeable manners which in former times had distinguished him in his intercourse with the world. Suffering had brought him a leaven of misanthropy, which he did not take the trouble of disguising; his voice had lost its caressing notes and had become rude and abrupt; his actions were brusque, and his smile scornful. Sometimes his bearing gave evidence of a haughty will which, tyrannized over by events, sought to avenge itself upon mankind.
Author: Julian Hawthorne
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368316923
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Reproduction of the original.
Author: Hardpress
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318741236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Lock and Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: French
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ISBN: 9781985108844
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: Frenc by Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: French is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.
Author: Victor Cherbuliez
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Julian Hawthorne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Author: Victor Cherbuliez
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781975986971
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: Stories of Modern French Novels is a collection of stories that include: Victor Cherbuliez Count Kostia Paul Bourget Andre Cornelis Anonymous The Last of the Costellos Lady Betty's Indiscretion Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
Author: Paul Bourget
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781546658641
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: French No By, Paul, Bourget
Author: Julian Hawthorne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Author: Julian Hawthorne
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ISBN: 9783957388490
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Collection of the four wonderful french novels: Count Kostia by Victor Cherbuliez Andre Cornelis by Paul Bourget The Last of the Costellos and Lady Betty's Indiscretion by unknown authors. Originally released in english language in 1909.
