Hawthorne's Works
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781152933576
Paperback|9781152933576
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...and their custody of Bonaparte, had called up the idea of that odious wretch--you remember him well--who was pleased to take such gratuitous and impertinent care of my person before I quitted New England. Forthwith up rose before my mind's eye that same little whitewashed room, with the iron-grated window, --strange that it should have been iron-grated --where, in too easy compliance with the absurd wishes of my relatives, I have wasted several good years of my life. Positively it seemed to me that I was still sitting there, and that the keeper--not that he ever was my keeper neither, but only a kind of intrusive devil of a body-servant--had just peeped in at the door. The rascal I owe him an old grudge, and will find a time to pay it yet. Me fie The mere thought of him has exceedingly discomposed me. Even now that hateful chamber--the iron-grated window, which blasted the blessed sunshine as it fell through the dusty panes and made it poison to my soul--looks more distinct to my view than does this my comfortable apartment in the heart of London. The reality--that which I know to be such--hangs like remnants of tattered scenery over the intolerably prominent illusion. Let us think of it no more. You will be anxious to hear of Shelley. I need not say, what is known to all the world, that this celebrated poet has for many years past been reconciled to the Church of England. In his more recent works he has applied his fine powers to the vindication of the Christian faith, with an especial view to that particular development. Latterly, as you may not have heard, he has taken orders, and been inducted to a small country living in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. Just now, luckily for me, he has come to the metropolis to superintend the...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152933576 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152933574 |
| Weight | 0.84 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 254 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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