Petticoat Government
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781417916504
Subjects: Classic fiction; Classics; Fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics
First sentence: The voice, that of a man still in the prime of life, but already raucous in its tone, thickened through constant mirthless laughter, rendered querulous too from long vigils kept at the shrine of pleasure, rose above the incessant babel of women's chatter, the din of silver, china and glasses passing to and fro.