works of elia peattie

Works of Elia Peattie【電子書籍】 Elia PeattieSelected Works of Elia Wilkinson Peattie【電子書籍】 Elia Wilkinson Peattie
 

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  • <p> 5 works of Elia Peattie<br /> American author, journalist and critic (1862-1935)</p> <p> This ebook presents a collection of 5 works of Elia Peattie. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.</p> <p> Table of Contents:<br /> - A Michigan Man<br /> - A Mountain Woman<br /> - Painted Windows<br /> - The Precipice<br /> - The Shape of Fear</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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  • <p>ONE who enters Chicago unacquainted with it, having no open sesame to its hospitable doors, knowing the city only by its streets, its hotels, and its theatres, is disturbed by an unpleasant emotion. If he comes from some well-regulated, cultivated, and placid town of the eastern part of this country, or from England or Germany, he feels shaken out of poise and peace by a tremendous discord. He sees a city ankle-deep in dirt, swathed in smoke, wild with noise, and frantic with the stress of life. He sees confusion rampant, and the fret and fume of the town rise and brood above it like hideous Afrits. But as time goes on ー and even supposing the man continues to remain a stranger among the two millions of his fellow men who make up the city ー he experiences a change of sentiment. He ceases to be shocked, and becomes interested. It occurs to him that if commerce is ever epic, it is so here. He feels the beat of the city like the vibration of mighty drums, and the thing he though...
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