Popis
Jane Austenová: Lady Susan
55 Kč
Elektronická kniha: Jane Austenová – Lady Susan (jazyk: Angličtina)
Autor | |
---|---|
Jazyk | |
Vydáno | |
Žánr | |
Název originálu | |
Formát | ePub, MOBI, PDF |
LADY SUSAN VERNON TO MRS. JOHNSON
Upper Seymour Street.
My dear Alicia,—There needed not this last fit of the gout to make me detest Mr. Johnson, but now the extent of my aversion is not to be estimated. To have you confined as nurse in his apartment! My dear Alicia, of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a man of his age! just old enough to be formal, ungovernable, and to have the gout; too old to be agreeable, too young to die. I arrived last night about five, had scarcely swallowed my dinner when Mainwaring made his appearance. I will not dissemble what real pleasure his sight afforded me, nor how strongly I felt the contrast between his person and manners and those of Reginald, to the infinite disadvantage of the latter. For an hour or two I was even staggered in my resolution of marrying him, and though this was too idle and nonsensical an idea to remain long …
Recenze
Zatím zde nejsou žádné recenze.