…the prospect of an approaching marriage grew less attractive to him each day. Besides, he was of fickle disposition, and if the truth must be told, rather vulgar in his tastes. Although of noble birth, he had contracted, under his officer’s accoutrements, more than one of the habits of the common soldier. He delighted inContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers: Of Noble Birth but of Vulgar Tastes (Victor Hugo)”
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