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- Paperback Book (2015) R 248
- Paperback Book (2016) R 248
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- Paperback Book (2016) R 266
- Paperback Book (2016) R 272
- Paperback Book (2018) R 282
- Paperback Book (2014) R 292
- Paperback Book (2017) R 304
- Paperback Book (2016) R 306
- Paperback Book (2024) R 332
- Paperback Book (2025) R 332
- Paperback Book (2022) R 408
- Paperback Book (2009) R 408
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Crucial Instances
Edith Wharton
HAVE you ever questioned the long shuttered front of an old Italian house, that motionless mask, smooth, mute, equivocal as the face of a priest behind which buzz the secrets of theconfessional? Other houses declare the activities they shelter; they are the clear expressivecuticle of a life flowing close to the surface; but the old palace in its narrow street, the villa on itscypress-hooded hill, are as impenetrable as death. The tall windows are like blind eyes, the greatdoor is a shut mouth. Inside there may be sunshine, the scent of myrtles, and a pulse of lifethrough all the arteries of the huge frame; or a mortal solitude, where bats lodge in the disjointedstones and the keys rust in unused doors...
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 12, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9798653439551 |
| Pages | 96 |
| Dimensions | 216 × 280 × 5 mm · 244 g |
| Language | English |