Read East Angels; A Novel

East Angels; A Novel

Constance Fenimore Woolson

4.9/5 (20247 ratings)

Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... EAST ANGELS. CHAPTER I. "I Think, more than anything else, I came to be under blue sky." "Are you fond of sky?" said the young girl who was sitting near the speaker, her eyes on the shimmering water of the lagoon which stretched north and south before the house. "I can't lay claim to tastes especially celestial, I fear," answered the visitor, "but I confess to a liking for an existence which is not, for six months of the year, a combat. I am mortally tired of our long northern winters, with their eternal processions of snow, ice, and thaw--thaw, ice, and snow; I am tired of our springs -- hypocritical sunshine pierced through and through by east winds; and I have at last, I think, succeeded in breaking loose from the belief that there is something virtuous and heroic in encountering these things--encountering them, I mean, merely from habit, and when not called to it by any necessity. But this emancipation has taken time -- plenty of it. It is directly at variance with all the principles of the country and creed in which I was brought up." "You have good health, Mr. Winthrop?" asked Mrs. Thorne, in a tone which was prepared to turn with equal appreciation towards sympathy if he were, and congratulation if he were not, the possessor of the lungs which classify a person, and give him an occupation for life. "Do I look delicate?" "On the contrary, you look remarkably well," answered his hostess, sure of her ground here, since even an invalid likes to be congratulated upon an appearance of health: not only is it more agreeable in itself, but it gives him the opportunity to explain (and at some length) that all is illusory merely, a semblance; an adjustment of the balances between resignation and heroism which everybody should admire. "Yes, ..".We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with East Angels; A Novel. To get started finding East Angels; A Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1230261036

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... EAST ANGELS. CHAPTER I. "I Think, more than anything else, I came to be under blue sky." "Are you fond of sky?" said the young girl who was sitting near the speaker, her eyes on the shimmering water of the lagoon which stretched north and south before the house. "I can't lay claim to tastes especially celestial, I fear," answered the visitor, "but I confess to a liking for an existence which is not, for six months of the year, a combat. I am mortally tired of our long northern winters, with their eternal processions of snow, ice, and thaw--thaw, ice, and snow; I am tired of our springs -- hypocritical sunshine pierced through and through by east winds; and I have at last, I think, succeeded in breaking loose from the belief that there is something virtuous and heroic in encountering these things--encountering them, I mean, merely from habit, and when not called to it by any necessity. But this emancipation has taken time -- plenty of it. It is directly at variance with all the principles of the country and creed in which I was brought up." "You have good health, Mr. Winthrop?" asked Mrs. Thorne, in a tone which was prepared to turn with equal appreciation towards sympathy if he were, and congratulation if he were not, the possessor of the lungs which classify a person, and give him an occupation for life. "Do I look delicate?" "On the contrary, you look remarkably well," answered his hostess, sure of her ground here, since even an invalid likes to be congratulated upon an appearance of health: not only is it more agreeable in itself, but it gives him the opportunity to explain (and at some length) that all is illusory merely, a semblance; an adjustment of the balances between resignation and heroism which everybody should admire. "Yes, ..".We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with East Angels; A Novel. To get started finding East Angels; A Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

East Angels; A Novel

East Angels; A Novel

More Books

Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist

Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist

The Open Door: A Novel of Constance Fenimore Woolson

The Open Door: A Novel of Constance Fenimore Woolson

Constance Fenimore Woolson: Selected Stories and Travel Narratives

Constance Fenimore Woolson: Selected Stories and Travel Narratives

Works of Constance Fenimore Woolson

Works of Constance Fenimore Woolson

The Complete Works of Constance Fenimore Woolson (10 Complete Works of Constance Fenimore Woolson Including Anne, Castle Nowhere, Horace Chase, Jupiter Lights, East Angels, For the Major And More)

The Complete Works of Constance Fenimore Woolson (10 Complete Works of Constance Fenimore Woolson Including Anne, Castle Nowhere, Horace Chase, Jupiter Lights, East Angels, For the Major And More)

The Complete Letters of Constance Fenimore Woolson

The Complete Letters of Constance Fenimore Woolson

Women Artists, Women Exiles: "Miss Grief" and Other Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson (American Women Writers Series)

Women Artists, Women Exiles: "Miss Grief" and Other Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson (American Women Writers Series)

Constance Fenimore Woolson: Homeward Bound

Constance Fenimore Woolson: Homeward Bound

Witness to Reconstruction: Constance Fenimore Woolson and the Postbellum South, 1873-1894

Witness to Reconstruction: Constance Fenimore Woolson and the Postbellum South, 1873-1894