Prudence: A Story of Æsthetic London (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Lillie, Lucy C.

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ISBN 10: 1330331206 ISBN 13: 9781330331200

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Asthetes, and they look forward to something even more aesthetic in the future, but the young ladies are very young, and still human enough to enjoy a dance; so that once or twice in the season cards are issued for an evening which will include some hours devoted to Terpsichore. But, at the same time, Mrs. Poynsett's friends well know what is required of them, even on such an occasion, in the way of costume. The feelings as well as the tastes of the company must be consulted; for are we not so delicately organized today that we must be saved any kind of artistic shock? As Barley Simmonson, a constant visitor at the Poynsetts', re marked, There is power to pain - actually to pain - in that shade of our youth known as magenta or solferino, just as there is the power to lull anguish into calm - and here Mr. Simmonson smiled with ineffable tenderness in Bordone's reds.

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The first time Prudence Marlitt appeared in English society was at a dance at the Jamison-Poynsetts'. Mrs. Poynsett, as every one knows, is the wife of the famous R. A., and is herself a leader of æsthetic fashion in that region hovering between Kensington and Belgravia, and known as "Passionate Brompton." The highest forms of art, culture, and even science are expressed within the Poynsetts' hospitable walls; all the impressive social influences of the day gather new force when diffused by Mrs. Poynsett or her daughters; young poets can put their emotional impressions into verse when gazing upon the dado of Mrs. Poynsett sinner drawing-room; artists can gather that inspiration needed for their work by studying the willowy angles and sadly sunken eyes of the elder Miss Poynsett; yet there is nothing oppressive in the suggestions of the beautiful house - in the courtesy and grace of its occupants.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330331206
• ISBN 13: 9781330331200
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 196