Cerise: A Tale of the Last Century

Cerise: A Tale of the Last Century

Cerise: A Tale of the Last CenturyIn the gardens of Versailles, as everywhere else within the freezing...
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Author: Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John),1821-1878
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Language: English
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Cerise: A Tale of the Last Century

Cerise: A Tale of the Last Century

¥2,146 ¥1,073

Cerise: A Tale of the Last Century

¥2,146 ¥1,073
Author: Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John),1821-1878
Format: eBook
Language: English

Cerise: A Tale of the Last Century

In the gardens of Versailles, as everywhere else within the freezing influence of the Grand Monarque, nature herself seemed to accept the situation, and succumbed inevitably under the chain of order and courtly etiquette. The grass grew, indeed, and the Great Waters played, but the former was rigorously limited to certain mathematical patches, and permitted only to obtain an established length, while the latter threw their diamond showers against the sky with the regular and oppressive monotony of clockwork. The avenues stretched away straight and stiff like rows of lately-built houses; the shrubs stood hard and defiant as the white statues with which they alternated, and the very sunshine off the blinding gravel glared and scorched as if its duty were but to mark a march of dazzling hours on square stone dials for the kings of France. Down in Touraine the woods were sleeping, hushed, and peaceful in the glowing summers day, sighing, as it were, and stirring in their repose, while the breeze crept through their shadows, and quivered in their outskirts, ere it passed on to cool the peasants brow, toiling contented in his clearing, with blue home-spun garb, white teeth, and honest sunburnt face. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 65619
Author: Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John)
Release Date: Jun 15, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Jacomb Hood, G. P. (George Percy), 1857-1929

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