“I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.”

La Bûche [The Log] (December 24, 1849)
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)

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Je ne sais pas de lecture plus facile, plus attrayante, plus douce que celle d'un catalogue.

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)

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