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Edith Wharton
HAVE you ever questioned the long shuttered front of an old Italian house, thatmotionless mask, smooth, mute, equivocal as the face of a priest behind which buzzthe secrets of the confessional? Other houses declare the activities they shelter;they are the clear expressive cuticle of a life flowing close to the surface; but theold palace in its narrow street, the villa on its cypress-hooded hill, are asimpenetrable as death. The tall windows are like blind eyes, the great door is a shutmouth. 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 inthe disjointed stones and the keys rust in unused doors....
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 21, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9798724016995 |
| Publishers | Independently Published |
| Pages | 114 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 7 mm · 176 g |
| Language | English |
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