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Pertenece a las seriesThe Human Comedy (Études de Moeurs - Scènes de la vie parisienne / politique IV | 51) Contenido en
"[...]pain, and a universe of joy, must resolve through the boulevards or stray through the streets of Paris; for them encyclopaedias of carnival frippery and a score of illustrated books are brought out every year, to say nothing of caricatures by the hundred, and vignettes, lithographs, and prints by the thousand. To please those eyes, fifteen thousand francs' worth of gas must blaze every night; and, to conclude, for their delectation the great city yearly spends several millions of francs in opening up views and planting trees. And even yet this is as nothing--it is only the material side of the question; in truth, a mere trifle compared with the expenditure of brain power on the shifts, worthy of Moliere, invented by some sixty thousand assistants and forty thousand damsels of the counter, who fasten upon the customer's purse, much as myriads of Seine whitebait fall upon a chance crust floating down the river. Gaudissart in the mart is at least the equal of his illustrious namesake, now become the typical commercial traveler. Take him away from his[...]" No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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