Journal
Fanny Kemble
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, )
Excerpt from Journal The moon was up, clear, cold, and radiant; the crowd had ebbed away from the busy thoroughfare, and only a few men in great coats buttoned up to their chins, and women wrapped in cloaks, were scudding along in the dim twi light and the bitter wind towards their several destina tions, with a frozen shuddering look that made me laugh.. I had got perished in the coach, and seeing that the dark ness covered me, determined to walk home, and bade the coach follow'me. How pleasant it was: I walked tre mendously fast, enjoying the fresh breath of the' north, and looking at the glittering moon, as she rode high in the evening sky. How I do like walking alone - heir]? Alone for this alone Iwish I were a man. At half past five went to the theatre. The house was crammed; play, Hunchback I missed and found that like a very politician he had changed sides. I played abominably; my voice was weak and fagged. 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.