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... lover to his beloved in a park - was , I recollect , the introductory sentence . A sophisticated , rather world - weary young woman , married to a jealous plutocrat , but attached , perhaps half against her will , to an experienced ...
... lover to his beloved in a park - was , I recollect , the introductory sentence . A sophisticated , rather world - weary young woman , married to a jealous plutocrat , but attached , perhaps half against her will , to an experienced ...
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... lover's arms . She expired at the age of twenty - three , having recently , during an unexplained visit to London , married the comte Édouard Perregaux , grandson of a former régent of the Banque de France . They soon parted , and Marie ...
... lover's arms . She expired at the age of twenty - three , having recently , during an unexplained visit to London , married the comte Édouard Perregaux , grandson of a former régent of the Banque de France . They soon parted , and Marie ...
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... lovers , and one - time lovers usually remained friends ; so that a web of liaisons , past and present , was woven around the entire fabric of Bloomsburian society . Roger's adored wife had been struck down by a crippling brain ...
... lovers , and one - time lovers usually remained friends ; so that a web of liaisons , past and present , was woven around the entire fabric of Bloomsburian society . Roger's adored wife had been struck down by a crippling brain ...
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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