...n of the optimizing novelties - have depended on the name and prestige of a personality. Referring to those, we personalize further on. The examples... ...ties - have depended on the name and prestige of a personality. Referring to those, we personalize further on. The examples are extremely numerous, ... ...examples are extremely numerous, even in our nearest past. When we mention a creation - in the largest sense of the term - with the name of the perso... ...the specific importance of it; we give it, with other words, the identity to which we can refer continuously with full knowledge and without causing ... ...n which Tudor Vianu attracts our attention) in the official entomological album of literature. Is this not really the spirit of paradoxism? 12 B... ...a branch,/ on that bird, there is/ a flight”, “On a bench, by the lake/ a kiss- / and - the lovers nowhere”. It is insinuated even a game of ne... ...ss, in a cheerful-malicious portrayal, in the disclosing of the poetry of album, in an action of the unconventional aphorism, in a sweet slipping to... ...c vertigo. But until the new poetic idiom, we pass through a more lenient prelude, where we find again some of the paradoxist “meditations” that stra...

... significant moments, the strongly affirmative stages - then the imposition of the optimizing novelties - have depended on the name and prestige of a personality. Referring to those, we personalize further on. The examples are extremely numerous, even in our nearest past. When we mention a creation - in the largest sense of the term - with the name of the personality w...

...In aesthetics, the paradox means the apparent resolution of an enigmatic situation (the result of such a process is the satisfaction of a distention), the emotional moving force being the unforeseen, the unexpected (which generates and also perturbs a new tension). Therefore, the paradox is simultaneously a conclusion and a ...

...The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Cloassics Series Publication The Rose and the Ring... ...eries Publication The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ...versity. 3 Thackeray The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray PRELUDE IT HAPPENED THAT the undersigned spent the last Christmas season in... ...nce and Princess walking together in the palace garden, and because Giglio kissed Angelica’s hand in a polite manner. In the first place they are cous... ...curtains uncov- ered, the work and things carried away, and the handsomest albums on the tables. Angelica had her hair in papers: in a word, it was ev... ...nsult- ing Betsinda. YOU dare to kneel down at Princess Giglio’s knees and kiss her hand!’ 34 The Rose and the Ring ‘She’s not Princess Giglio!’ roar... ...nt him tea, and the turnkey’s daughter begged him to write his name in her album, where a many gentlemen had written it on like occasions! ‘Bother you...

...The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Light That Failed ... ...C CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Documen... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy acce... ...orks of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ...m afar. He had seen his property quarrel frequently, but he had never seen kisses exchanged before. The yel- low sea-poppy was wiser, and nodded its h... ...ow sea-poppy was wiser, and nodded its head ap- provingly. Considered as a kiss, that was a failure, but since it was the first, other than those dema... ...m. Once, and only once, when she had left the studio, Maisie showed him an album that held a few poor cuttings from provincial papers,—the briefest of... ...etty one, but Dick had heard it many times before without wincing. Without prelude he launched into that stately tune that calls together and troubles... ... the wrong woman. The first pang—the first sense of things lost is but the prelude to the play, for the very just Providence who delights in causing p...

...Excerpt: ?WHAT do you think she?d do if she caught us? We oughtn?t to have it, you know,? said Maisie. ?Beat me, and lock you up in your bedroom,? Dick answered, without hesitation. ?Have you got the cartridges?? ?Yes; they?re in my pocket, but they are joggling horribly. Do pin-fire cartrid...

...The Poems of George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poems of George Me... ...ics Series Publication The Poems of George Meredith by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ...nd clapt his arm about his daughter, And gave to Joan a courteous hug, And kiss that, like a stubborn plug From generous vats in vastness rounded, The... ...She laughs: ‘Why look you so slyly at me? If you have heart enough, come, kiss me.’ Cried the breathless boy, ‘kiss thee?’ 20 But he thinks, kind fo... ... the Nymph he was singling. SOUTH-WEST WIND IN THE WOODLAND The silence of preluded song – AEolian silence charms the woods; Each tree a harp, whose f... ...ction, and away, As sweeps a thunder-cloud across the sky In harvest-time, preluded by dull blasts; Or some black-visaged whirlwind, whose wide folds ... ...ler shall thy soul contend. THE MAIN REGRET [Written for the Charing Cross Album] I Seen, too clear and historic within us, our sins of omission Frown...

...tents CHILLIANWALLAH..................................................................................................................... 14 THE DOE: A FRAGMENT........................................................................................................... 15 BEAUTY ROHTRAUT ...........................................................................................

...The T wo Sides of the Shield By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Sides of the S... ...s Series Publication The Two Sides of the Shield by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...k this Uncle Alfrey can be nice,’ said Maude. ‘’Tis quite disgusting if he kisses me,’ said Dolly; ‘but you see he is poor, and all the Mohuns are stu... ... I should cry for that at this time of day!’ Gillian raised her face for a kiss, and even Harry did the same. Their hearts were very full, as the perc... ...brush, or of tiny leaves carefully dried and gummed. And mamma had kept an album, with names and dates, into which all these home efforts were inserte... ...the same question about last week’s weather to Herbert, the page-boy, as a prelude to his discovering the treasures of the mummy, as a knife and 153 ...

...Preface: It is sometimes treated as an impertinence to revive the personages of one story in another, even though it is after the example of Shakespeare, who revived Falstaff, after his death, at the behest of Queen Elizabeth. This precedent is, however, a true impertinence in...

...VANITY FAIR BY William Makepeace Thackeray Volume Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Vanity Fair: Volume Tw... ... Two (Chapters Twenty-six through Fifty) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ...eshing. About a question of marriage I have seen women who hate each other kiss and cry together quite fondly. How much more do they feel when they lo... ...age when it drove up. He had not flown out to meet his daughter, though he kissed her very warmly when she entered the room (where he was occupied, as... ...of Brussels—where people felt that the fight of the day before was but the prelude to the greater combat which was imminent. One of the armies opposed... ...” And so he went on riding with her, and copying music and verses into her albums, and play- ing at chess with her very submissively; for it is with t...

...VANITY FAIR BY William Makepeace Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Vanity Fair by William... ...Classics Series Publication Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Docume... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ...ter who had just arrived; and there was such a scuffling, and hugging, and kiss- ing, and crying, with the hysterical yoops of Miss Swartz, the parlou... ...f to make this laudable attempt. She redoubled her caresses to Amelia; she kissed the white corne- lian necklace as she put it on; and vowed she would... ...of Brussels—where people felt that the fight of the day before was but the prelude to the greater combat which was imminent. One of the armies opposed... ...” And so he went on riding with her, and copying music and verses into her albums, and play- ing at chess with her very submissively; for it is with t... ...g kept her eye, but four richly gilt Louis Quatorze candlesticks, six gilt albums, keep- sakes, and Books of Beauty, a gold enamelled snuff-box which ...

...Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Jane Eyre by Charlotte... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy acce... ...orks of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ...nd when I had finished, she would tuck the clothes round me, and twice she kissed me, and said, “Good night, Miss Jane.” When thus gentle, Bessie seem... ...w coolly my little lady says it! I dare say now if I were to ask you for a kiss you wouldn’t give it me: you’d say you’d rather not.” “I’ll kiss you a... ...ngram pair? She is standing alone at the table, bending gracefully over an album. She seems waiting to be sought; but she will not wait too long: she ... ...preading out her snowy robes in queenly am- plitude, commenced a brilliant prelude; talking meantime. She appeared to be on her high horse to-night; b... ...; and each, in turn, sat for a pencil outline. Then Georgiana produced her album. I promised to contribute a water-colour drawing: this put her at onc...

...Preface: A preface to the first edition of Jane Eyre being unnecessary, I gave none: this second edition demands a few words both of acknowledgment and miscellaneous remark. My thanks are due in three quarters. To the Public, for the ...

...The Reef by Edith Wharton A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Reef by Edith Whar... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Reef by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Documen... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ...eper feeling of communion, and their days there had been like some musical prelude, where the instruments, breathing low, seem to hold back the waves ... ...was near him, her eyes were shining with com- passion—he bent over her and kissed her hand. “Forgive me—do forgive me,” he said. She stood up with a s... ... still leaning over him, and that in a moment he would have to look up and kiss it... He bent forward first and threw the unopened letter into the mid... ...k, a locket on her tuck- ered bosom, toward the end of an embossed morocco album beginning with The Beauties of the Second Empire. She received her da...

...The Count of Monte Cristo Voulume Two by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cri... ...es Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume Two by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document... ...Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ...er the trees? — that poor in- nocent offspring of mine, which I never even kissed, but for whom I wept many, many tears. Ah, my heart clung to the cou... ...ng.” “But why, mother?” “Just to please me, Albert,” said Mercedes. Albert kissed his mother’s hand, and drew near the count. Another salver passed, l... ...ladies entered the drawing-room with that sort of official stiffness which preludes a formal communication. Among worldly people manner is contagious.... ...n,” said Eugenie, while turning over the leaves of Ma- dame de Villefort’s album, “add that you have taken a great fancy to the young man.” “And,” sai... ...The audience felt that a startling revelation was to fol- low this ominous prelude. “Well,” said the president; “your name?” “I cannot tell you my nam...

...t detailed. M. de Villefort entered his father?s room, followed by Madame de Villefort. Both of the visitors, after saluting the old man and speaking to Barrois, a faithful servant, who had been twenty-five years in his service, took their places on either side of the paralytic....

...k First Chapter 1 O live will come down in about ten minutes; she told me to tell you that. About ten; that is exactly like Olive. Neither five nor ... ...teen, and yet not ten exactly, but either nine or eleven. She didn’t tell me to say she was glad to see you, because she doesn’t know whether she is o... ...ther she is or not, and she wouldn’t for the world expose herself to telling a fib. She is very honest, is Olive Chancellor; she is full of rectitude. ... ...ad to see you, at any rate.’ These words were spoken with much volubility by a fair, plump, smiling woman who entered a narrow drawing room in which a... ...eld Mrs. Farrinder’s hand in both her own, and was pleading with her just to prelude a little. ‘I want a starting point—I want to know where I am,’ sh... ...had had immense success, and Mrs. Tarrant, as she took her into her arms and kissed her, was certainly able to feel that the audience was not disappoi... ...ing of France. This was so prettily said that Olive could scarcely keep from kissing her; she looked at the moment as if, like Joan, she might have ha... ...ept him— did it because he was making a collection of such episodes—a mental album of declarations, blushes, hesitations, refusals that just missed im... ...the organ rolled out into the hall, and he became aware that the overture or prelude had 336 The Bostonians begun. This, too, seemed to him a piece o...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1; Olive will come down in about ten minutes; she told me to tell you that. About ten; that is exactly like Olive. Neither five nor fifteen, and yet not ten exactly, but either nine or eleven. She didn?t tell me to say she was glad to see you, because she doesn?t know whether she is...

...American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes for Gener... ...cs Series American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...Docu ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copyright © 1999 The Pennsylvania State University The... ...er. There are questions and answers, exchanges of joy or sorrow, there are kissings and partings, just as between little children with all their sense... ... moment of painful uncertainty, the mother drew her close to her side, and kissed her fondly, when at once the truth flashed upon the child, and all m... ...pectable master. Thus, his detection in this offence, instead of being the prelude to a life of infamy and a miserable death, would lead, there was a ... ...copy nor extract the remarks and poetical effusions from the registers and albums kept here.’ But for this intimation, I should have let them lie upon...

... In The South Seas by Rob... ...any way. In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas- sics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazl... ...y, Electronic Clas- sics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing stude... ...able Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy a... ...ght, rub herself bare-breeched upon the velvet cushions. Biscuit, jam, and syrup was the entertain- 10 In The South Seas ment; and, as in European pa... ... dresses, they were now beheld and fingered, in the swerving cabin, with innocent excitement and surprise. Her Majesty was often recognised, and I hav... ...hu took it, held it, and a moment smiled upon her; dropped it, and then, as upon a kindly after-thought, and with a sort of warmth of condescension, h... ...neither might we land, or not without danger of offence; the king giving pratique in per- son. An interval followed, during which dinner was de- layed...

...Night and Day by Virginia Woolf A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Night and Day by Virgi... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication Night and Day by Virginia Woolf is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Documen... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...nity did not come, and she could not forbear to turn over the pages of the album in which the old photo- graphs were stored. The faces of these men an... ...id the first thing he thought of, very peevishly and without the dignified prelude which he had intended. “I’ve not enjoyed my holiday.” “No?” “No. I ... ...is conclu- sion, there was a knock on the door and Katharine came in. They kissed each other coldly and she made no apol- ogy for being late. Neverthe... ...le in another world, a world antecedent to her world, a world that was the prelude, the antechamber to reality; it was as if, lately dead, she heard t... ...proudly, she knew, for the first time, that she had conquered. She let him kiss her hand. The streets were empty enough on Sunday night, and if the Sa...

.............................................................................95 A Respectable Woman......................................................... ...oman..................................................................99 The Kiss........................................................................ ............................................................................101 A Pair of Silk Stockings.................................................... ...ble Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy acce... ...al works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 1999 The Pennsyl... ... children wanted to follow their father when they saw him start ing out. He kissed them and promised to bring them back bonbons and peanuts. II II II... ... al ways said no one could play Chopin like Mademoiselle Reisz!” “That last prelude! Bon Dieu! It shakes a man!” It was growing late, and there was a... ...ographs hanging upon the wall, and discov ered in some corner an old family album, which she examined with the keenest interest, appealing to Madame ...

...Excerpt: A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: ?Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That?s all right!? He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody und...

......................................................90 Desiree?s Baby...............................................................................95 A Respectable Woman..................................................................99 The Kiss.......................................................................................101 A Pair of Silk Stockings.................

...Middlemarch George Eliot 1872 To my dear Husband, George Henry Lewes, in this nineteenth year of our bles... ...Book I — Miss Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Prelude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Cha... .... . . . . . . . . . . . 668 iv CONTENTS Middlemarch 1 Book I Miss Brooke Prelude W ho that cares much to know the history of man, and how the myster... ...iv CONTENTS Middlemarch 1 Book I Miss Brooke Prelude W ho that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under th... ...d helpless looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, an... ... and turned them back from their great resolve. That child pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Theresa’s passionate, ideal nature demanded an epic life: w... ...on of some criminal. “Well, my dears,” he said, kindly, as they went up to kiss him, “I hope nothing disagreeable has happened while I have been away.... ...eling made her speech like a fine bit of recitative— “Celia, dear, come and kiss me,” holding her arms open as she spoke. Celia knelt down to get the r... ...rrect sentiments, music, dancing, drawing, ele gant note writing, private album for extracted verse, and perfect blond loveliness, which made the irr...

...Excerpt: Prelude; Who that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some ge...

...Table of Contents: Book I ?Miss Brooke, 1 -- Prelude, 1 -- Chapter I., 3 -- Chapter II., 10 -- Chapter III., 16 -- Chapter IV., 25 -- Chapter V., 31 -- Chapter VI., 38 -- Chapter VII., 47 -- Chapter VIII., 51 -- Chapter IX., 55 -- Chapter X., 65 -- Chapter XI., 74 -- Ch...

...Middlemarch By George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans] A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Middlemarch by George ... ...ate Electronic Classics Series Publication Middlemarch by George Eliot is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Documen... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...Husband, George Henry Lewes, in this nineteenth year of our blessed union. PRELUDE W HO THA T CARES MUCH to know the history of man, and how the myste... ...on of some criminal. “Well, my dears,” he said, kindly, as they went up to kiss him, “I hope nothing disagreeable has happened while I have been away.... ...ling made her speech like a fine bit of recitative— “Celia, dear, come and kiss me,” holding her arms open as she spoke. Celia knelt down to get the r... ...correct sentiments, music, dancing, drawing, elegant note-writing, private album for extracted verse, and perfect blond loveliness, which made the irr...

...Excerpt: Prelude. Who that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some ge...

...b b b b by y y y y Leo T Leo T Leo T Leo T Leo Tols ols ols ols olst t t t to o o o oy y y y y B B B B BOOK OOK OOK OOK OOK FOUR FOUR FOUR FOUR FOUR:... ...OOK OOK OOK FOUR FOUR FOUR FOUR FOUR: 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1806 806 806 806 806 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication War and Peace – Book F... ...c Classics Series Publication War and Peace – Book Four by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Docume... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy acce... ...in order to announce him, but, changing his mind, came back and stooped to kiss the young man’s shoulder. “All well?” asked Rostov, drawing away his a... ..., something flew out from a side door like a tornado and began hugging and kissing him. Another and yet another creature of the same kind sprang 5 To... ...ere the clavichord stood. Sonya was sitting at the clavichord, playing the prelude to Denisov’s favorite barcarolle. Natasha was preparing to sing. De... ...othing to be happy about!” thought he. Sonya struck the first chord of the prelude. “My God, I’m a ruined and dishonored man! A bullet through my brai... ... but Nicholas now considered himself unworthy of her. He filled the girls’ albums with verses and music, and having at last sent Dolokhov the whole fo...

...T wo Poets by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Poets by Honore de... ...eries Publication Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy acce... ...orks of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ... they were shapely hands; hands that men obey at a sign, and women love to kiss. Lucien was slender and of middle height. From a glance at his feet, h... ... phase of opinion through which many a would-be patrician passes by way of prelude to his introduction to polite society. But was there anything that ... ...d her poet, Louise demanded some verses promised for the first page of her album, looking for a pretext for a quarrel in his tardiness. But what becam... ...herself by playing with fire brought tears to Lucien’s eyes; but her first kiss upon his forehead calmed the storm. De- cidedly Lucien was a great man... ... his friends’ rooms with a swarm of crude productions, and spoiled all the albums in the de- partment. M. Alexandre de Brebian and M. de Bartas came t...

...b b b b by y y y y Leo T Leo T Leo T Leo T Leo Tols ols ols ols olst t t t to o o o oy y y y y A P A P A P A P A Penn S enn S enn S enn S enn St t t t... ...eo T Leo T Leo T Leo T Leo Tols ols ols ols olst t t t to o o o oy y y y y A P A P A P A P A Penn S enn S enn S enn S enn St t t t tat at at at ate e ... ...ation Publication Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Documen... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ce who had grown old in society and at court. He went up to Anna Pavlovna, kissed her hand, presenting to her his bald, scented, and shining head, and... ...asy grace peculiar to him, he raised the maid of honor’s hand to his lips, kissed it, and swung it to and fro as he lay back in his armchair, looking ... ...l were silent, expectant of what was to follow, for this was dearly only a prelude. *Hors d’oeuvres. 35 Tolstoy “A fine lad! My word! A fine lad!... ... ...othing to be happy about!” thought he. Sonya struck the first chord of the prelude. “My God, I’m a ruined and dishonored man! A bullet through my brai... ... but Nicholas now considered himself unworthy of her. He filled the girls’ albums with verses and music, and having at last sent Dolokhov the whole fo...

...EVAN HARRINGTON By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Evan Harrington by Geo... ...ctronic Classics Series Publication Evan Harrington by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy acce... ...orks of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ...ips; sweet, cold, chaste lips she had: a mouth that had not yet dreamed of kisses, and most honest eyes. 27 George Meredith The young man felt that t... ...oesn’t begin: “Sweet child! how does she this morning? blooming?” when she kisses me?’ Her capital imitation of his sister’s manner constrained him to... ...oring, whom she met on the stairs, to run and request Rose to lend her her album to beguile the afternoon with; and Dorothy dances to Rose, saying, ‘T... ... saying, ‘The Countess de Lispy-Lispy would be de- lighted to look at your album all the afternoon.’ ‘Oh what a woman that is!’ says Rose. ‘Countess d... ... to be equal with her for the Bull-dogs. 281 George Meredith CHAPTER XXIX PRELUDE TO AN ENGAGEMENT MONEY was a strong point with the Elburne brood. T...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Above Buttons. Long after the hours when tradesmen are in the habit of commencing business, the shutters of a certain shop in the town of Lymport-on-the-Sea remained significantly closed, and it became known that death had taken Mr. Melchisedec Harrington, and struck one off the list of living tailors....

...The Egoist A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Egoist by George M... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Egoist by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Documen... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ...ty. 3 George Meredith The Egoist A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith PRELUDE A CHAPTER OF WHICH THE LAST PAGE ONLY IS OF ANY IMPORTANCE COMEDY i... ...im. Laetitia entered the kitchen with a reproving forefinger. He jumped to kiss her, and went on chattering of a place fifteen miles distant, where he... ...liberty. With a frigidity that astonished her, she marvelled at the act of kissing, and 57 George Meredith at the obligation it forced upon an inanim... ...y write matter which may sometimes be indepen- dent of both those volcanic albums. Jealousy would have been a relief to her, a dear devil’s aid. She s... ...loop-hole was, Clara fixed her mind on it till it gathered light. And as a prelude to action, she plunged herself into a state of such profound humili...

...Excerpt: A chapter of which the last page only is of any importance comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of...

...The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford A Penn State Electronic Clas- sics Series Publication The Good Soldier by ... ...onic Clas- sics Series Publication The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ... Emperor of Jerusalem or some- where and the husband had to kneel down and kiss his feet though La Louve wouldn’t. And Peire set sail in a rowing boat... ...hat date, I had never heard of the Kilsyte case. Ashburnham had, you know, kissed a servant girl in a railway train, and it was only the grace of God,... ...of the room, but then he moved over to me with some trifling question as a prelude to suggesting an acquaintance. I fancy he asked me something About ... ... They painted in water-colour; they embroi- dered; they copied verses into albums. Once a week they went to Mass; once a week to the confessional, acc...

...hburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy--or, rather with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy and yet as close as a good glove?s with your hand. My wife and I knew Captain and Mrs Ashburnham as well as it was possible to know anybody, and yet, in another sense, we knew nothing at all about them. This is, I believe, a state of things only...