The Guest of Quesnay
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781417904174
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; Classics; Fiction / Classics; General; Fiction; Fiction - General; Literature - Classics / Criticism
First sentence: THERE are old Parisians who will tell you pompously that the boulevards, like the political cafes, have ceased to exist, but this means only that the boulevards no longer gossip of Louis Napoleon, the Return of the Bourbons, or of General Boulanger, for these highways are always too busily stirring with present movements not to be forgetful of their yesterdays.