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She gave a glance at the armchairs placed before the chimney, at the tea-table, which shone in the shade, and at the tall, pale stems of flowers ascending above Chinese vases. She thrust her hand among the flowery branches of the guelder roses to make their silvery balls quiver. Then she looked at herself in a mirror with serious attention. She held herself sidewise, her neck turned over her shoulder, to follow with her eyes the spring of her fine form in its sheath-like black satin gown, around which floated a light tunic studded with pearls wherein sombre lights scintillated. She went nearer, curious to know her face of that day. The mirror returned her look with tranquillity, as if this amiable woman whom she examined, and who was not unpleasing to her, lived without either acute joy or profound sadness.
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Geboren am 16.04.1844 in Paris, gestorben am 12.10.1924 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire bei Tours. Sein richtiger Name ist Jaques-Anatole François Thibault. Er war Sohn eines Buchhändlers und Antiquars. Er besuchte die Schule in Paris, arbeitete als Lektor und später 10 Jahre als Bibliothekar. Seine erste Ehe (1877) wurde 1892 geschieden. 1896 wurde er Mitglied der Académie Française. Anatole France erhielt 1921 den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Seine Bücher wurden 1922 auf den Index der katholischen Kirche gesetzt.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1500142174
- ISBN 13 9781500142179
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages116
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