some valuable pictures and silver

Han lade i driveläge och höll foten på bromsen

I översättning av Peder Carlsson

Det blir om möjligt ännu konstigare nästa dag då en av mördarna

Barnet [1882] är en novell av Guy de Maupassant

Xingu – E-bok Typ:E-bok some valuable pictures and silverXingu lampoons the leisurely lives of six ladies who lunch. Having formed a literary club, the six pseudo intellectuals are thrown into panic at the prospect of being visited by a famous author. With sparkling dialogue and some wry observations about the lives of the upper classes, Xingu is a biting satire on womens place in the society of the time. A superb read, with an unexpected and riotous denouement. Edith Wharton (1862 1937) was an American