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The Beautiful Lady|Booth Tarkington

Overview

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Nothing could have been more painful to my sensiti-veness than to occupy myself, confused with blushes, at the center of the whole world as a living advertise-ment of the least amusing ballet in Paris. To be the day's sensation of the boulevards one must possess an eccentricity of appearance conceived by nothing short of genius; and my misfortunes had reduced me to present such to all eyes seeking mirth. It was not that I was one of those people in uniform who carry placards and strange figures upon their backs, nor that my coat was of rags; on the contrary, my whole costume was delicately rich and well chosen, of soft grey and fine linen (such as you see worn by a marquis in the pe'sage at Auteuil) according well with my usual air and countenance, sometimes esteemed to resemble my father's, which were not wanting in distinction.

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Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781421804064
  • ISBN-10: 1421804069
  • Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
  • Publish Date: May 2005
  • Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.17 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.22 pounds
  • Page Count: 72

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