Louis Duval: A Tale of the French Revolution (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Whymper, Edward

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ISBN 10: 133098496X ISBN 13: 9781330984963

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Louis Duval: A Tale of the French Revolution

Louis was seated on the ground, leaning against his grandmother's knee, and looking up wistfully at her wrinkled face. It was long past noon, and they had not dined.

Will my father come back soon, do you think, grandmother asked Louis, breaking a long silence.

I do not know, my poor boy,' replied Margaret. 'if he should have succeeded in getting work, he will not be long, I think. It will be such good news.'

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Excerpt from Louis Duval: A Tale of the French Revolution

Between sixty and seventy years ago, on a dismal April day, in one of the garrets of a large house, in one of the narrow streets of Paris, were to have been found, had they been sought, a wrinkled, lame, and half blind old woman, and a little boy about eight years old. The old woman's name, spelt English fashion, was Margaret - Margaret Duval, and that of the boy, who was her grandson, was Louis Duval.

That old Margaret and her grandson were very poor, could easily have been seen. There was but little furniture in the room, and that was old: the broken walls were patched with coarse paper; while, cold and gloomy as was the weather, - and April weather, even in Paris, is often very cold and gloomy - not a spark of fire was visible on the hearth. But, in spite of these signs of poverty, there were signs also of respectability in that garret. It was clean, and so was the old woman, both in person and clothing; so also was the boy. The dress of Margaret, especially, showed that she had seen better days. As to that of Louis, it had not much, excepting its cleanliness, to distinguish him from the children of other poor families with which Paris abounded, and with which all large cities abound. He had on a coarse loose frock, and was barefoot.

About the Publisher

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
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 133098496X
• ISBN 13: 9781330984963
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 58
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