Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one; there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect, by contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest patents; there any unwelcome sensations, arising from domestic affairs changed naturally into pity and contempt as he turned over the almost endless creations of the last century; and there, if every other leaf were powerless, he could read his own history with an interest which never failed. This was the page at which the favourite volume always opened...

Media	Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg)
Utgitt	22. oktober 2016
ISBN13	9781539685838
Utgivere	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antall sider	176
Mål	152 × 229 × 10 mm · 244 g
Språk	Engelsk