Francesca Carrara

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon, F.J. Sypher (Editor)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1862 Original Publisher: routledge, Warne and Routledge Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / Europe / France History / Europe / Great Britain Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Franceses, too, was suffering under the embarrassment of singularity. Alive only to the happiness of again meeting her friends, she had not thought of her own appearance; and she was painfully aware that her Italian costume was a complete contrast to the garb of the other ladies present. She caught many looks directed towards her, but all of curiosity -- none of interest. She heard the groups laughing and talking around, but not one voice addressed to her. Good heavens the isolation of a crowd -- that bitter blending of solitude and shame, when you fancy every one that passes casts on you an invidious or scornful glance, and yet are perfectly aware that they do not care -- scarcely know -- whether you are a human being like themselves It is in vain to say this is over-sensitiveness; weakness though it be, it is very universal. Francesca would have rejoiced only to see a face she had ever seen before, -- when, as if to show the folly of wishes, one appeared. It was the Chevalier de Joinville, the cavalier who accompanied D'Argenteuil the night when forcible possession was taken of Bournonville's house. He remained for some minutes opposite the young Italian, with that fixed yet impertinent gaze which it is equally impossible to escape or to endure. Her evident annoyance, however, appeared to produce no other effect upon him than a desire to increase it by addressing her: ..".

1040 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1862

About the author

Letitia Elizabeth Landon was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L.