Review
"Great edition--much superior than old Penguin edition."--K. Arens, University of Texas
"Introduction and notes are . . . thorough. . . . translation . . . is consistent in tone."--RafaΓ«l Newman, University of Washington
Product Description
IN front of the Qu(ti St. Bernard, the Ville de lv[ ontcreau,
V hich was j ltst about to start, was puffing
gre(tt vhirlwinds of smoke. It was six o'clock on
the Inorning of the 15th of SeptemberJ 1840.
People rushed on board the vesse] in frantic haste.
The traffic vas obstructed by casks, cables, and baskets
of linen. The sailors answered no questions. People
jostled one another. Between the two paddle-boxes
was a heap of parcels; the clamour was drowned in
the loud hissing of the steam, which, making its way
through the plates of sheet-iron, encompassed everything
in a white mist, while the bell at the prow kept
continuous]y ringing.
At last, the vessel drew away; and the banks of the
river, crowded with warehouses, timber-yards, and
manufactories, opened out like two huge ribbons being
unrolled.
A young man about eighteen, with long hair .. holding
an albunl under his arm, stood nlotionless ncar the
helm. ~enetra ting the haze, he could see steeples,
buil
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; BOOK I; CHAPTER PAGE; I A PRO::rISING EPISODE 1; II THE VISDO~I OF YOUTH 15; III THE RCLIXG PASSION 24; IV THE ETER~'-L FE~IININE 34; V A CONSUMING LOVE 66; ~I HOPES DEFERRED 117; YII PARIS AGAIN 130; -111 FREDERICK ENTERTAINS A~D Is ENTERT; INED 162; IX THE FAMILY FRIEXD 218; X A PLESANT LITTLE DI~NER 260; XI A DCEL 277; XII LITTLE LoUISE BECOMES A WOMAN 321; XIII ROSANETTE IN A NEW ROLE 335
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