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Honoré de Balzac

A Daughter of Eve

Paperback (Independently published July 24, 2020)
In one of the finest houses of the rue Neuve-des-Mathurins, at halfpast eleven at night, two young women were sitting before the fireplaceof a boudoir hung with blue velvet of that tender shade, withshimmering reflections, which French industry has lately learned tofabricate. Over the doors and windows were draped soft folds of bluecashmere, the tint of the hangings, the work of one of those upholstererswho have just missed being artists. A silver lamp studded with turquoise,and suspended by chains of beautiful workmanship, hung from thecentre of the ceiling. The same system of decoration was followed in thesmallest details, and even to the ceiling of fluted blue silk, with longbands of white cashmere falling at equal distances on the hangings,where they were caught back by ropes of pearl. A warm Belgian carpet,thick as turf, of a gray ground with blue posies, covered the floor. Thefurniture, of carved ebony, after a fine model of the old school, gavesubstance and richness to the rather too decorative quality, as a paintermight call it, of the rest of the room. On either side of a large window,two etageres displayed a hundred precious trifles, flowers of mechanicalart brought into bloom by the fire of thought. On a chimney-piece ofslate-blue marble were figures in old Dresden, shepherds in bridal garb,with delicate bouquets in their hands, German fantasticalitiessurrounding a platinum clock, inlaid with arabesques. Above it sparkledthe brilliant facets of a Venice mirror framed in ebony, with figurescarved in relief, evidently obtained from some former royal residence.Two jardinieres were filled with the exotic product of a hot-house, pale,but divine flowers, the treasures of botany.
ISBN
/ 9798669014407
Pages
62
Weight
6.1 oz.
Dimensions
7.0 x 0.14 in.

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