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Violett: A Chronicle (Classic Reprint)

Violett: A Chronicle (Classic Reprint)

Bettina von Hutten
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Dawn. A splendid apricot glow spreading like a smile over the face of the east, edging the small waves with gold, ?ooding their hollows with rich shadow. A strong wind had blown all night, to die slowly as the stars faded, and now night had gone, and day was come. At the edge of the little rock-bound garden east of the lighthouse stood an old woman, a woolen shawl over her head, gazing seaward. Under the fringe of the shawl crisp red curls, slightly touched with gray, ?uttered in the damp breeze; her face, fretted with a fine network of wrinkles, was drawn into haggard lines of pain, her eyes dark with an guish. While the light grew and strengthened, waking the birds in the stunted trees, she stood motionless, her gaunt figure rigid, as if she awaited something....
Language
English
Pages
300
Format
Hardcover
Release
December 28, 2010
ISBN 13
9780332417059

Violett: A Chronicle (Classic Reprint)

Bettina von Hutten
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Excerpt from Violett

Dawn. A splendid apricot glow spreading like a smile over the face of the east, edging the small waves with gold, ?ooding their hollows with rich shadow. A strong wind had blown all night, to die slowly as the stars faded, and now night had gone, and day was come. At the edge of the little rock-bound garden east of the lighthouse stood an old woman, a woolen shawl over her head, gazing seaward. Under the fringe of the shawl crisp red curls, slightly touched with gray, ?uttered in the damp breeze; her face, fretted with a fine network of wrinkles, was drawn into haggard lines of pain, her eyes dark with an guish. While the light grew and strengthened, waking the birds in the stunted trees, she stood motionless, her gaunt figure rigid, as if she awaited something....
Language
English
Pages
300
Format
Hardcover
Release
December 28, 2010
ISBN 13
9780332417059

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