Sylvie- souvenirs du Valois - The Original Classic Edition

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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Sylvie- souvenirs du Valois. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Grard de Nerval, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Sylvie- souvenirs du Valois in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Sylvie- souvenirs du Valois:Look inside the book: My ardent fancy endowed her with every perfection until she seemed to respond to all my raptures-beautiful as day in the blaze of the footlights, pale as night when their glare was lowered and rays from the chandelier above revealed her, lighting up the gloom with the radiance of her beauty, like those divine Hours with starry brows, which stand out against the dark background of the frescoes of Herculaneum. ...I had scarcely noticed in our round, a tall, beautiful blonde, called Adrienne, when suddenly, in following the figures of the dance, she was left alone with me, in the centre of the ring, we were of the same height, and they bade me kiss her, while the dance and song went whirling on, more merrily than before. ...All the boats soon arrived, and the basket of flowers borne in state, adorned the centre of the table, around which we took our places, the most fortunate beside a young girl, to win this favour it was enough to know her relatives, which explains why I found myself by Sylvie, whose brother had already joined me in the march, and reproached me for neglecting to visit them. About Grard de Nerval, the Author: 4 Nerval wrote to his close childhood friend Laura LeBeau, recounting an embarrassing incident that occurred while on holiday in La Rochelle: '...and so, dear Laura, upon my regaining the town square I was accosted by the mayor who demanded that I should make a full and frank apology for stealing from the lobster nets. ...In an article about the life of Nerval by his contemporary, Thophile Gautier, Nerval is quoted as having said 'Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? ...or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or any other animal that one chooses to take for a walk?

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