The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (Classic Reprint) written by Anatole France and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard I put on my slippers and my dressing-gown, and brushed away a tear which the north wind, blowing across the quay, had brought into my eyes. A bright fire was burning on the hearth in my study. Ice-crystals, in the form of fern-leaves, frosted the window-panes, hiding from me the Seine, its bridges, and the Louvre des Valois. Drawing my arm-chair and writing-table before the fire, I took the place that Hamilcar deigned to leave me. Hamilcar, his nose between his paws, lay curled up on a feather cushion in front of the andirons. His thick, soft fur rose and fell with his regular breathing. As I approached, he gently Opened his dark eyes from between their half closed lids, but almost instantly shut them again, as if saying to himself, It is nothing; only my friend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.