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    Parisian Points of View
    Parisian Points of View
    Parisian Points of View
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    Parisian Points of View

    By Ludovic Halévy

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    Parisian Points of View is a collection of short stories by Ludovic Halévy. Halévy was a French author and playwright, here presenting stories uncovering Paris through the eyes of numerous distinct individuals. Excerpt: "This marriage had been the great marriage of the season. There had been an absolute crush under the colonnade and against the railings of the church to see the bride walk down those fearful steps of the Madeleine. What an important feat that is! Merely to be beautiful is not all that is needful; it is necessary besides to know how to be beautiful. There is an art about being pretty which requires certain preparations and study. In society, as in the theatre, success rarely comes at once. Mme. de Lannilis had the good-fortune to make her first appearance with decisive success. She was at once quite easily and boldly at home in her beauty; she had only to appear to triumph. Prince Nérins had not a moment's hesitation concerning it, and he it is, as every one knows, who, with general consent, has made himself the distributor of the patents of supreme Parisian elegance; so while the new duchess, beneath the fire of a thousand eyes and behind the ringing staffs, was taking her first steps as a young married woman with calm assurance, Nérins, struck with admiration, was giving way, under the colonnade of the Madeleine, to veritable transports of enthusiasm."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 17, 2019
    ISBN4064066179892
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