It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the v...
The honest Monsieur de Corville had not heard this tale without profound emotion; as for Madame de Lorsange in whom, as we have said, the monstrous er...
"What with our skill at making the evidence of our cruelties disappear, the ladies who would like to lodge complaints against us must have the de...
"To work, Therese, revive us," says Cardoville; "you see the lamps are extinguished, they've got to be lit again."While Julien...
Arrayed as best I am able, I follow the warden who puts me into the keeping of two strange tall fellows whose savage aspect doubles my fright; not a w...
"Begone, Father," I replied, horror-struck, "begone, you are a monster to dare so cruelly take advantage of my circumstances in order t...
"We have not the honor of your acquaintance, Madame," replied the officer in charge of the squadron; "but we are certain you have in yo...
Upon returning to our inn I explained as best I could the history of this unfortunate acquaintance; but whether my companion was not at all satisfied ...
The opaque ambiguity of these phrases, what Dubois had said to me upon entering, the species of gentleman with whom I had to do, this other girl whose...
And then I rush back to Dubreuil's room; I am not allowed to approach his bedside. "But why?" I demand and am given the reason: the poor...