Eugénie Grandet - High Old Man - Translation from the Famous Works Library 021

Author: Balzac
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: In some provincial cities, there are houses that evoke a sense of desolation. They resemble gloomy monasteries, desolate wildernesses, mournful ruins. Perhaps these houses combine the tranquility of monasteries, the austerity of wildernesses, and the decay of ruins. The houses are utterly silent, with not a trace of movement. If it weren’t for the sound of unfamiliar footsteps on the street, a window might suddenly reveal a face as expressionless as a monk, glaring with an eerie, indifferent gaze at the passerby. A newcomer could easily mistake these houses for uninhabited empty dwellings. In the city of Somme, there is a residence located at the end of a winding street leading to an ancient castle high up. The exterior of this house embodies the aforementioned elements of sorrow. This street is now rarely traversed, with the summer being scorching hot and the winter bitterly cold. In several places, it is extremely dark...