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Edith Wharton

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Have you ever questioned the long shuttered front of an old Italian house, that motionless mask, smooth, mute, equivocal as the face of a priest behind which buzz the secrets of the confessional? Other houses declare the activities they shelter; they are the clear expressive cuticle of a life flowing close to the surface; but the old palace in its narrow street, the villa on its cypress-hooded hill, are as impenetrable as death. The tall windows are like blind eyes, the great door is a shut mouth. Inside there may be sunshine, the scent of myrtles, and a pulse of life through all the arteries of the huge frame; or a mortal solitude, where bats lodge in the disjointed stones and the keys rust in unused doors....

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 9, 2017
ISBN13 9781976242519
Publishers Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages 154
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 8 mm   ·   213 g
Language English  
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