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Émile Zola
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An edition of Death: five short stories (1911)

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Descriptions of deaths in French families of the Belle Epoque, descending the social scale from aristocrat to peasant.

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Mondial
Language
English
Pages
80

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Faure
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Paris, France
Times
1911

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2008, Mondial
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1911, Warren
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1911, Warren
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Library of Congress
PQ2499.C4 E5 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
80 p. ;
Number of pages
80

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22675278M
ISBN 13
9781595690937
LCCN
2008929669
OCLC/WorldCat
270685577
Library Thing
7934247
Goodreads
6936896

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The comte de Verteuil is fifty-five years old. He belongs to one of the most notable families of France, and is the owner of a great fortune.
added by Katharine Hadow.
"Isn't Faure to sing?" asks a deputy of his neighbor.
--"Yes, I think so," answers the neighbor, a resplendent individual, given to smiling at the ladies across the aisle.
And, as the singer's voice rises in the vibrating nave--
"Ah! what a method, what breadth of style!" he goes on in an undertone, nodding his head in ecstasy.
Page 16-17, added by Katharine Hadow.
The Guerards' family vault is in the cemetery of Pere-Lachaise. Many go on foot, others get into the mourning coaches. The procession crosses the place de la Bastille, and follows the rue de la Roquette. The passers-by raise their eyes and take off their hats. It is a rich funeral, at which the workmen of that quarter gaze, as it passes, while they eat their sausages and bread.
Page 38, added by Katharine Hadow.
His mother has hung a tattered piece of a shawl in front of the window to stop up a broken pane; at the top, there are only two panes left free, which let in the livid gray of the sky. Want has emptied the chest of drawers, all the linen is at the pawnbroker's,
Page 61, added by Katharine Hadow.

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