Lady Mechante Or Life As It Should Be
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781417952410
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; Fiction; Fiction - General; Literary; Fiction / Literary
First sentence: AT the age of three-and-twenty, Mrs. Florizelle Gaillarde found, among her charms and tokens, item: a flamboyant youth which had at last got its second wind in the rather splendid pace she had set for herself, and, to this, a nimble wit sharpened to a wire edge by alternate poverty and wealth; also a footing in the beau monde won by finesse, the attainment of which scarce repaid her for the struggle.