Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Trilby, Vol. 1 of 3
Theseus, a little Venus Of Milo, a little discobolus; a little flayed man threatening high heaven (an act that seemed almost pardonable under the circumstances!) a lion and a boar by Barye an anatomical figure Of a horse, with only one leg left and no ears; a horse's head from the pediment Of the Parthenon, earless also; and the bust Of Clytie, with her beautiful low brow, her sweet wan gaze, and the ineffable forward shrug Of her dear shoulders that makes her bosom as a nest, a rest, a pillow, a refuge - the likeness Of a thing to be loved and desired for ever, and sought for and wrought for and fought for by generation after generation Of the sons Of men.
Near the stove hung a gridiron, a frying pan, a toasting-fork, and a pair of bellows. In an adjoining glazed corner cupboard were plates and glasses, black handled knives.
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