ISBN: 9781458838728

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Altro …

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...fault! And how? Your dress last night was too low, much too low. Besides, your mother told you so-- Oh, mamma-- You needn''t say ''Oh, mamma!'' Your mother was right. There, read: ''And whose shoulders--ah, what shoulders!'' And it is of your shoulders they are speaking. And that prince who dares to award you a prize for beauty! The good man had plebeian, Gothical ideas--the ideas of a lawyer of old times, of a lawyer of the Rue Dragon; the lawyers of the Boulevard Malesherbes are no longer like that. Mme. Derline very gently, very quietly, brought the rebel back to reason. Of course there was charm and eloquence in her speech, but how much more charm and eloquence in the tenderness of her glance and smile. Why this great rage and despair? He was accused of being the husband of the most beautiful woman in Paris. Was that such a horrible thing, such a terrible misfortune? And who was the brother-lawyer, the good brother-lawyer, who had taken pleasure in coming to show him the hateful article? M. Renaud. Oh, it was M. Renaud--dear M. Renaud! Thereupon Mme. Derline was seized with a hearty fit of laughter; so much so that the blond hair, which had been loosely done up, came down and framed the pretty face from which gleamed the dark eyes which could also, when they gave themselves the trouble, look very gentle, very caressing, very loving. Oh, it was M. Renaud, the husband of that delightful Mme. Renaud! Well, do you know what you will do immediately, without losing a minute? Go to the president of the Tribunal and ask for a divorce. You will say to him: ''M. Aubfepin, deliver me from my wife. Her crime is being pretty, very pretty, too pretty. I wish another one who is ugly, very ugly, who has Mme. Renaud''s large nose, colossal foot,... Ludovic Halevy, Books, Fiction and Literature, Parisian Points of View Books>Fiction and Literature Publisher: Harper Publication date: 1894 Subjects: French fiction Paris (France) Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories History / General History / Europe / France Literary Criticism / European / French Travel / Europe / France Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

ISBN: 9781458838728

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Altro …

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...fault! And how? Your dress last night was too low, much too low. Besides, your mother told you so-- Oh, mamma-- You needn''t say ''Oh, mamma!'' Your mother was right. There, read: ''And whose shoulders--ah, what shoulders!'' And it is of your shoulders they are speaking. And that prince who dares to award you a prize for beauty! The good man had plebeian, Gothical ideas--the ideas of a lawyer of old times, of a lawyer of the Rue Dragon; the lawyers of the Boulevard Malesherbes are no longer like that. Mme. Derline very gently, very quietly, brought the rebel back to reason. Of course there was charm and eloquence in her speech, but how much more charm and eloquence in the tenderness of her glance and smile. Why this great rage and despair? He was accused of being the husband of the most beautiful woman in Paris. Was that such a horrible thing, such a terrible misfortune? And who was the brother-lawyer, the good brother-lawyer, who had taken pleasure in coming to show him the hateful article? M. Renaud. Oh, it was M. Renaud--dear M. Renaud! Thereupon Mme. Derline was seized with a hearty fit of laughter; so much so that the blond hair, which had been loosely done up, came down and framed the pretty face from which gleamed the dark eyes which could also, when they gave themselves the trouble, look very gentle, very caressing, very loving. Oh, it was M. Renaud, the husband of that delightful Mme. Renaud! Well, do you know what you will do immediately, without losing a minute? Go to the president of the Tribunal and ask for a divorce. You will say to him: ''M. Aubfepin, deliver me from my wife. Her crime is being pretty, very pretty, too pretty. I wish another one who is ugly, very ugly, who has Mme. Renaud''s large nose, colossal foot,... Ludovic Halevy, Books, Fiction and Literature, Parisian Points of View Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781458838728

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in afforda… Altro …

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Books Fiction~~General Parisian-Points-of-View~~Ludovic-Halevy General Books LLC Publisher: Harper Publication date: 1894 Subjects: French fiction Paris (France) Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories History / General History / Europe / France Literary Criticism / European / French Travel / Europe / France Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<