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Madame de Mauves
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Title: Madame de Mauves
Author: Henry James
Release Date: April, 2005 [EBook #7813] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on May 19, 2003]
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MADAME DE MAUVES
HENRY JAMES
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The view from the terrace at Saint-Germain-en-Laye is immense and famous. Paris lies spread before you in dusky vastness, domed and fortified, glittering here and there through her light vapours and girdled with her silver Seine. Behind you is a park of stately symmetry, and behind that a forest where you may lounge through turfy avenues and light-chequ