Excerpt from The Hand of Petrarch: And Other Stories
Though he had remained a bachelor and lived alone, except for a houseful of servants, there was little of the recluse about him. The house stood upon a narrow street near the workshop, which had passed long since into other hands; outwardly, it was a modest abode, unadorned and unpretentious; within, it showed no lack of comfort. At the back, a sunny little garden, sloping to the south west near an angle of the bastions, had a wide prospect over hill and plain; so wide that the.
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Pages
342
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Release
October 23, 2018
ISBN
1334924406
ISBN 13
9781334924408
The Hand of Petrarch: And Other Stories (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Hand of Petrarch: And Other Stories
Though he had remained a bachelor and lived alone, except for a houseful of servants, there was little of the recluse about him. The house stood upon a narrow street near the workshop, which had passed long since into other hands; outwardly, it was a modest abode, unadorned and unpretentious; within, it showed no lack of comfort. At the back, a sunny little garden, sloping to the south west near an angle of the bastions, had a wide prospect over hill and plain; so wide that the.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.