| The Spectacles Contributor(s): Mybook (Editor), Edgar Allan, Poe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1548789720 ISBN-13: 9781548789725 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.06" H x 6" W x 9" (0.11 lbs) 28 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The narrator, 22-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte Froissart, changes his last name to "Simpson" as a requirement to inherit a large sum from a distant cousin, Adolphus Simpson. At the opera he sees a beautiful woman in the audience and falls in love instantly. He describes her beauty at length, despite not being able to see her well; he requires spectacles but, in his vanity, "resolutely refused to employ them". His companion Talbot identifies the woman as Madame Eugenie Lalande, a wealthy widow, and promises to introduce the two. He courts her and proposes marriage; she makes him promise that, on their wedding night, he will wear his spectacles. |
