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The Pension Beaurepas
Henry James
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The Pension Beaurepas
Henry James
"I was not rich-on the contrary; and I had been told the Pension Beaurepas was cheap. I had, moreover, been told that a boarding- house is a capital place for the study of human nature. I had a fancy for a literary career, and a friend of mine had said to me, "If you mean to write you ought to go and live in a boarding-house; there is no other such place to pick up material." I had read something of this kind in a letter addressed by Stendhal to his sister: "I have a passionate desire to know human nature, and have a great mind to live in a boarding-house, where people cannot conceal their real characters." I was an admirer of La Chartreuse de Parme, and it appeared to me that one could not do better than follow in the footsteps of its author. I remembered, too, the magnificent boarding-house in Balzac's Pere Goriot, -the "pension bourgeoise des deux sexes et autres," kept by Madame Vauquer, nee De Conflans"
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 18, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9781546799986 |
Publishers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 62 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 3 mm · 95 g |
Language | English |
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