The Paris Sketch Book
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher: Estes And Lauriat 1840
ISBN/ASIN: B0012RAY1K
Number of pages: 424
Description:
A part of the text of one tale, and the plots of two others, have been borrowed from French originals; the other stories, which are, in the main, true, have been written upon facts and characters that came within the Author's observation during a residence in Paris.
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