| Author: | Edgar Allan Poe | ISBN: | 9783956760921 |
| Publisher: | Otbebookpublishing | Publication: | December 27, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Otbebookpublishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edgar Allan Poe |
| ISBN: | 9783956760921 |
| Publisher: | Otbebookpublishing |
| Publication: | December 27, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Otbebookpublishing |
| Language: | English |
The narrator, 22-year old Napoleon Buonaparte, changes his last name from "Froissart" to "Simpson" as a requirement to inherit a large sum from a distant cousin, Adolphus Simpson. At the opera he sees a beautiful woman in the audience and falls in love instantly. He describes her beauty at length, despite not being able to see her well; he requires spectacles but, in his vanity "resolutely refused to employ them." His companion Talbot identifies the woman as Madame Eugenie Lalande, a wealthy widow, and promises to introduce the two. He courts her and proposes marriage; she makes him promise that, on their wedding night, he will wear his spectacles… (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
The narrator, 22-year old Napoleon Buonaparte, changes his last name from "Froissart" to "Simpson" as a requirement to inherit a large sum from a distant cousin, Adolphus Simpson. At the opera he sees a beautiful woman in the audience and falls in love instantly. He describes her beauty at length, despite not being able to see her well; he requires spectacles but, in his vanity "resolutely refused to employ them." His companion Talbot identifies the woman as Madame Eugenie Lalande, a wealthy widow, and promises to introduce the two. He courts her and proposes marriage; she makes him promise that, on their wedding night, he will wear his spectacles… (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
