"[...]twenty-five years ago, when she first came to us, she went there to see the nurse in charge of Edmond, who died there, and so that particular hospital represents to her the place where people die. I am waiting for Simon who is to bring her a permit to go to Lariboisière. She passed almost a good night. She is all ready, in high spirits, in fact. We have covered everything up from her as well as we could. She longs to be gone. She is in a great hurry. She feels that she is going to get well there. At two o'clock Simon arrives: "Here it is, all right." She refuses to have a[...]".

Product Description: Edmond Huot de Goncourt (1822-1896), né à Nancy, est un écrivain français, fondateur de l'Académie Goncourt. Une partie de son oeuvre fut écrite en collaboration avec son frère, Jules de Goncourt. Les ouvrages des frères Goncourt appartiennent au courant du réalisme...read more

A novel involving the upbringing of a middle-class girl.