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The Works of George Eliot, Vol. 11 of 12 (Classic Reprint)
The Works of George Eliot Vol 11 of 12 - Classic Reprint Author:George Eliot With a single drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to'reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past. This is what I undertake to do for you, reader. With this drop of ink at the end of my pen, I will show you the roomy workshop of Mr. Jonathan Bürge, carpenter and builder, in the village of Hayslopo, as it app... more »eared on the eighteenth of Juno, in* the year of our Lord 1790.
The afternoon sun was warm on the five workmen there, busy upon doors and window-frames and wainscoting. A scent of pine-wood from a tent-like pile of planks outside the open door mingled itself with the scent of the elder-bushes which were spreading their summer snow close to the open window opposite; the slanting sunbeams shone through the transparent shavings that flew before the steady plane, and lit up the fine grain of the oak panelling which stood propped against the wall. On a heap of those soft shavings a rough gray shepherd-dog had made himself a pleasant bed, and was ly
Table of Contents
I ??? Workshop 3; II The Preaching 12; III After the Preaching 32; IV Home ??? its Sorrows 38; V The Rector 54; VI The Hall Farm ' 61; VII The Dairy 34; VIII A Vocation 90; IX Hetty's World 98; X Dinah visits Lisbeth 106; XI In the Cottage 118; ?? In the Wood 126; XIII Evening tn the Wood 138; XIV The Return Home 148; XV The Two Bed-chambers 153; XVI Links 166; 33« less