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The Bride of Dreams
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Title: The Bride of Dreams
Author: Frederik van Eeden
Release Date: September, 2005 [EBook #9111] [This file was first posted on September 1, 2003]
Edition: 10
Language: English
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THE BRIDE OF DREAMS
BY FREDERIK VAN EEDEN
AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY MELLIE VON AUW
THE-PLIMPTON-PRESS NORWOOD-MASS-U-S-A
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As one approaches my little city from the sea on a summer's day, one sees only the tall, round clump of trees on the ramparts and, overtopping it, the old bell-tower