Red as a Rose is She: A Novel

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Red as a Rose is She: A Novel by Rhoda Broughton, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Rhoda Broughton ISBN: 9781465622105
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Rhoda Broughton
ISBN: 9781465622105
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

Have you ever been to Wales? I do not ask this question of any one in particular; I merely address it to the universal British public, or, rather, to such member or members of the same as shall be wise enough to sit down and read the ensuing true and moving love story—true as the loves of wicked Abelard and Heloise, moving as those of good Paul and Virginia. Probably those wise ones will be very few; numerable by tens, or even units: they will, I may very safely aver, not form the bulk of the nation. However high may be my estimate of my own powers of narration, however amply Providence may have gifted me with self-appreciation, I may be sure of that, seeing that the only books I know of which enjoy so wide a circulation are the Prayer-book and Bradshaw. I am not going to instruct any one in religion or trains, so I may as well make up my mind to a more limited audience, while I pipe my simple lay (rather squeakily and out of tune, perhaps), and may think myself very lucky if that same kind, limited audience do not hiss me down before I have got through half a dozen staves of the dull old ditty. Have you ever been to Wales? If you have ever visited the pretty, dirty, green spot where Pat and his brogue, where potatoes and absenteeism and head-centres flourish, alias Ireland, you have no doubt passed through a part of it, rushing by, most likely, in the Irish mail; but in that case your eyes and nose and ears were all so very full of dust and cinders—you were so fully employed in blinking and coughing and enjoying the poetry of motion—as to be totally incapable of seeing, hearing, or smelling any of the beauties, agreeable noises, or good smells, which in happier circumstances might have offered themselves to your notice. Perhaps you are in the habit, every midsummer, of taking your half-dozen male and female olive shoots to have the roses restored to their twelve fat cheeks by blowy scrambles about the great frowning Orme's Head, or by excavations in the Rhyl Sands. Perhaps you have gone wedding-touring to Llanberis on the top of a heavy-laden coach, swinging unsafely round sharp corners, and nearly flinging your Angelina from your side on to the hard Welsh road below. Perhaps you have wept with Angelina at the spurious grave of the martyred Gelert, or eaten pink trout voraciously at Capel Curig, and found out what a startlingly good appetite Angelina had.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Have you ever been to Wales? I do not ask this question of any one in particular; I merely address it to the universal British public, or, rather, to such member or members of the same as shall be wise enough to sit down and read the ensuing true and moving love story—true as the loves of wicked Abelard and Heloise, moving as those of good Paul and Virginia. Probably those wise ones will be very few; numerable by tens, or even units: they will, I may very safely aver, not form the bulk of the nation. However high may be my estimate of my own powers of narration, however amply Providence may have gifted me with self-appreciation, I may be sure of that, seeing that the only books I know of which enjoy so wide a circulation are the Prayer-book and Bradshaw. I am not going to instruct any one in religion or trains, so I may as well make up my mind to a more limited audience, while I pipe my simple lay (rather squeakily and out of tune, perhaps), and may think myself very lucky if that same kind, limited audience do not hiss me down before I have got through half a dozen staves of the dull old ditty. Have you ever been to Wales? If you have ever visited the pretty, dirty, green spot where Pat and his brogue, where potatoes and absenteeism and head-centres flourish, alias Ireland, you have no doubt passed through a part of it, rushing by, most likely, in the Irish mail; but in that case your eyes and nose and ears were all so very full of dust and cinders—you were so fully employed in blinking and coughing and enjoying the poetry of motion—as to be totally incapable of seeing, hearing, or smelling any of the beauties, agreeable noises, or good smells, which in happier circumstances might have offered themselves to your notice. Perhaps you are in the habit, every midsummer, of taking your half-dozen male and female olive shoots to have the roses restored to their twelve fat cheeks by blowy scrambles about the great frowning Orme's Head, or by excavations in the Rhyl Sands. Perhaps you have gone wedding-touring to Llanberis on the top of a heavy-laden coach, swinging unsafely round sharp corners, and nearly flinging your Angelina from your side on to the hard Welsh road below. Perhaps you have wept with Angelina at the spurious grave of the martyred Gelert, or eaten pink trout voraciously at Capel Curig, and found out what a startlingly good appetite Angelina had.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book Sheep, Swine and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management Together With the Diseases to Which They Are Respectively Subject and Appropriate Remedies for Each by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Things Seen in Spain by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book A Modern History From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, Tome Huitième by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book China and Pottery Marks by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Pranto de Maria Parda: Porque vio as ruas de Lisboa com tão poucos ramos nas tavernas, e o vinho tão caro e ella não podia passar sem elle by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Doctrine of Faith by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Ormond: or, The Secret Witness (Complete) by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Keeping It From Harold by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book An Autumn Sowing by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Quintus Claudius: A Romance of Imperial Rome (Complete) by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Studies in Literature and History by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Cinq Mars (Complete) by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book The Egyptian Cat Mystery by Rhoda Broughton
Cover of the book Manual of Gardening by Rhoda Broughton
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy