The Lily of the Valley
Автор:
Honoré de BalzacЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2025-07-22Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
105
Description
Natalie, Félix Vandenesse’s current love, wants to know about his past, and why he tends to brood even in the happiest of times. Lily of the Valley is his first-person response, a short account of his childhood followed by a much longer narration of his friendship, and near-obsession, with a married woman.
Although born into a well-to-do family, Félix’s story of his school years is one of neglect, of parents who send him off to various schools and of family who provide the barest of means for him while he’s there. While attending his first fête in his early adulthood, he sees a woman who so dazzles him that he takes an enormous liberty, resulting in her exclaiming at him and walking away. After several days of his moping...
