The Room In The Dragon Volant Contributor(s): Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798590555123 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Horror - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.74 lbs) 138 pages |
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Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: .... and not the young lady who accompanies him, that interests me-you understand? Begone fly and return with all the details I sigh for, and every circumstance that can possibly interest me."It was a commission which admirably suited the tastes and spirits of my worthy St Clair, to whom, you will have observed, I had accustomed myself to talk with the peculiar familiarity which the old French comedy establishes between master and valet.I am sure he laughed at me in secret; but nothing could be more polite and deferential.With several wise looks, nods and shrugs, he withdrew; and looking down from my window, I saw him with incredible quickness enter the yard, where I soon lost sight of him among the carriages.CHAPTER IIIDEATH AND LOVE TOGETHER MATEDWHEN the day drags, when a man is solitary, and in a fever of impatience and suspense; when the minute hand of his watch travels as slowly ... |