Excerpt from At the Sign of the Silver Crescent
The speaker was a young man of six or seven and twenty the listener a well-bred fox terrier, named for Paderewski, partly because his hair was very short, but chiefly because his master owed a debt of gratitude to the great pianist for the pleasure that he had received at his hands (literally), and paid a part of it in thus showing his appreciation.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book introduces readers to the lovely and complicated Diane de Beaulieu and her aspirations to find a husband. Set against the backdrop of a France undergoing rapid social and economic change, the novel illustrates the clash between old and new; the fading aristocracy personified by Diane's family, and the rising commercial class represented by her potential husband. The story delves into Dianes struggle to reconcile her dreams with the limitations imposed by her family's dwindling fortune and her own pride. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780259409991_0
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