regions in its depths, caverns unknown, flowers and pearls and monsters of the deep overlooked or f...
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"Down below, eh?" said the artist, "in the little dark corner where they put naughty boys." "Well,...
she looked on him as an imbecile where money was concerned. Goriot had brought with him a considera...
de Beauseant through the Marcillacs; I had the pleasure of meeting him at her last ball." Related ...
retrenchment--various luxuries which had found their way to the table appeared there no more. "No ...
precious five-franc pieces that remained to him, the money was well laid out in preserving his coat...
Vauquer's boarders were of her opinion. With the faculty for severe logic sedulously cultivated by ...
Jew, a Greek; it would be a difficult matter to rob HIM, for he puts all his coin into the Bank." ...
broken-down invalids; the wretched little hempen mats slip away from under your feet without slippi...
invariably attaches to a discarded lover. The lawyer proudly raised his head and looked at the stra...
usually so calm, some symptoms of ill-disguised agitation. A chair was vacant near hers, and the Co...
faces, as in those of the Countess and his friend Martial, the secrets of their agitation; and then...
they even count the sticks of wood." "Well, it can't last long if they go on that way." "Hush, we'...
impotence more keenly. At last the Baron had found a seat by Madame de Soulanges. His eyes stole a...
Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan's Life A Bachelor's Es...