Comedie Humaine (5) (English, German, Paperback)

Dieses historische Buch kann zahlreiche Tippfehler und fehlende Textpassagen aufweisen. Kaufer konnen in der Regel eine kostenlose eingescannte Kopie des originalen Buches vom Verleger herunterladen (ohne Tippfehler). Ohne Indizes. Nicht dargestellt. 1895 edition. Auszug: ...the family sat, so that the empty spaces on the walls should not be noticed. Balthazar had about two hundred thousand francs with which to begin his experiments afresh, his debts were all paid, and M. de Solis and his nephew became trustees for Mme. Claes's reserve fund, which was swelled somewhat further, for gold was at a premium in those days of European wars, and the Abbe de Solis sold the ducats, receiving for them sixty-six thousand francs in crowns, which were stored away in the Abbe's cellar. For eight months Mme. Claes had the sad satisfaction of seeing her husband entirely engrossed in his work; but she never recovered from the shock received that August afternoon, and fell into a decline, from which there was no recovery. Science had Balthazar in its clutches; the disasters that befell the armies of France, the first fall of Napoleon, the return of the exiled Bourbons, all the events of those eventful years could not draw his attention from his studies; he was no longer a citizen, as he had ceased to be a husband and a father. He was a chemist. Towards the end of the year 1814 the wasting disease that had attacked Mme. Claes had made such progress that she could not leave her bed. She would not drag out this slow death in her own room where she had lived in her happier days, it was too full of memories, and she could not help drawing comparisons between the present H and the past, which overwhelmed her with despair, so she lay downstairs in the parlour. The doctors had humoured the desire of her heart, pronouncing the room to be more airy, cheerful, and convenient than her own apartment; her bed had been placed between the chimneypiece and the window, so that she could look out...