The Oval Portrait
- Book ID
- 126170238
- Year
- 1850
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 901 KB
- Category
- Standards
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β¦ Synopsis
A painter is so obsessed with painting the perfect portrait of his beautiful wife, that he does nothing else until it is finished. As an artist myself, I can relate to this story in more ways than one. It is very short, only a couple of pages, but definitely worth reading.
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