| The Complete Works of Guy de Maupassant: Short Stories- 1917 Contributor(s): de Maupassant, Guy (Author), Guy de Maupassant (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594623333 ISBN-13: 9781594623332 Publisher: Book Jungle OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: For days and days, nights and nights, I had dreamed of that first kiss which was to consecrate our engagement, and I knew not on what spot I should put my lips. Not on her forehead, that was accustomed to family caresses, nor on her light hair, which mercenary hands had dressed, nor on her eyes, whose curling lashes looked like little wings, because that would have made me think of the farewell caress which closes the eyelids of some dead woman whom one has adored, nor her lovely mouth, which I will not, which I must not, possess until that divine moment when Elaine will at last belong to me altogether and for always, but on that delicious little dimple which comes in one of her cheeks when she is happy, when she smiles, and which excited me as much as her voice did with languorous softness, on that evening when our flirtation began, at the Souverettes... |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.92 lbs) 240 pages |