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Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard (éditions Calmann-Lévy, 1896)

Anatole France · 1896 · Free in the US

121,430 words · about 8 h 30 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Free in the US: this text is in the public domain in the United States; it may still be in copyright elsewhere.

Licence: PD-US · Published in 1896 (before 1931): public domain in the United States. Text and transcription from fr Wikisource by Wikisource contributors (transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; contributors: https://fr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Le_Crime_de_Sylvestre_Bonnard_(éditions_Calmann-Lévy,_1896)&action=history). · Wikisource contributors

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Language
French
Published
1896
Length
121,430 words · about 8 h 30 min
Sections
3 reader sections
Text
Digital text
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (3)
  1. Front matter about 4 h 15 min
  2. La Bûche about 1 h 13 min
  3. La Fille de Clémentine about 3 h 2 min
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Front matter

LA BÛCHE

24 décembre 1849.

J’avais chaussé mes pantoufles et endossé ma robe de chambre. J’essuyai une larme dont la bise qui soufflait sur le quai avait obscurci ma vue. Un feu clair flambait dans la cheminée de mon cabinet de travail. Des cristaux de glace, en forme de feuilles de fougère, fleurissaient les vitres des fenêtres et me cachaient la Seine, ses ponts et le Louvre des Valois.

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