The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) Papyras Classics

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Chapter 18

Pastels of Men

By Paul Bourget.

Translated by Katharine P. Wormeley,

Translator of Balzac's Novels.


First Series

A Saint.
M. Legrimaudet.
Two Little Boys:
1. M. Veples' Brother; 2. Marcel.

Second Series

Maurice Olivier.
A Gambler.
Another Gambler.
Jacques Molan.
A Lowly One.
Corsèques.

The title suggests the character of the stories, which are, for the most part, miniature studies of men and women, done with exquisite grace and with no little power. M. Bourget is just now one of the foremost figures among contemporary French writers. He is a critic as well as a novelist.—Christian Union.

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