Excerpt from The Man Who Laughs, Vol. 2
It is difficult to see why, having boulevard (boule vert), which is the same word as bowling-green, the French should have adopted boulingrin. It is surpris ing that anything as sensible as the Dictionary should indulge in useless luxuries.
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ISBN: | 9781330550076 |
Publication date: | 24th April 2018 |
Author: | Victor Hugo |
Publisher: | Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 406 pages |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |