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Spain

Spain

Rhoads Yarnall, Stanley
De Amicis, Edmondo

Paperback

Series: Spain, Book 2

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1539959937
ISBN13: 9781539959939
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Nov 8 2016
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Spain Incipit ARANJUEZ. As on arriving at Madrid by way of the north, so on leaving it by way of the south, one must pass through a desolate country that resembles the poorest provinces of Arragon and Old Castile. There are vast plains, parched and yellow, which look as though they would echo like a hollow passageway if one were to strike them, or crumble like the crust of a crisp tart. And through the plains are scattered a few wretched villages of the same color as the soil, which seem as though they would take fire like a pile of dry leaves if one were to touch a torch to the corner of one of the huts. After an hour of travel my shoulders sought the cushions of the carriage, my elbow sought for a support, my head sought my hand, and I fell into a deep sleep like a member of Leopardi's Assembly of Listeners. A few minutes after I had closed my eyes I was rudely awakened by a desperate cry from the women and ...

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