Clarence - Bret Harte - Books - 1st World Library - Literary Society - 9781421847016 - June 15, 2007
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Clarence

Bret Harte

Clarence

As Clarence Brant, President of the Robles Land Company, and husband of the rich widow of John Peyton, of the Robles Ranche, mingled with the outgoing audience of the Cosmopolitan Theatre, at San Francisco, he elicited the usual smiling nods and recognition due to his good looks and good fortune. But as he hurriedly slipped through the still lingering winter's rain into the smart coupe that was awaiting him, and gave the order "Home," the word struck him with a peculiarly ironical significance. His home was a handsome one, and lacked nothing in appointment and comfort, but he had gone to the theatre to evade its hollow loneliness. Nor was it because his wife was not there, for he had a miserable consciousness that her temporary absence had nothing to do with his homelessness. The distraction of the theatre over, that dull, vague, but aching sense of loneliness which was daily growing upon him returned with greater vigor.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 15, 2007
ISBN13 9781421847016
Publishers 1st World Library - Literary Society
Pages 192
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 14 mm   ·   381 g
Language English  
Contributor 1stworld Library

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