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Edith Wharton
Have you ever questioned the long shuttered front of an old Italian house, that motionless mask, smooth, mute, equivocal as the face of a priest behind which buzz the secrets of the confessional? Other houses declare the activities they shelter; they are the clear expressive cuticle of a life flowing close to the surface; but the old palace in its narrow street, the villa on its cypress-hooded hill, are as impenetrable as death. The tall windows are like blind eyes, the great door is a shut mouth. Inside there may be sunshine, the scent of myrtles, and a pulse of life through all the arteries of the huge frame; or a mortal solitude, where bats lodge in the disjointed stones and the keys rust in unused doors ....
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 25, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9798598621073 |
| Pages | 106 |
| Dimensions | 127 × 203 × 6 mm · 122 g |
| Language | English |
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