The Lily of the Valley (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781518706349)

To what genius fed on tears shall we some day owe that most touching of all elegies, -the tale of tortures borne silently by souls whose tender roots find stony ground in the domestic soil, whose earliest buds are torn apart by rancorous hands, whose flowers are touched by frost at the moment of their blossoming? What poet will sing the sorrows of the child whose lips must suck a bitter breast, whose smiles are checked by the cruel fire of a stern eye? The tale that tells of such poor hearts, oppressed by beings placed about them to promote the development of their natures, would contain the true history of my childhood

Author: Honore De Balzac
ISBN-10: 1518706347
ISBN-13: 9781518706349
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2015
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d