The Greek Girl: A Tale, in Two Cantos (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Greek Girl: A Tale, in Two Cantos

At least in keeping with Oriental taste. Should she prove in other respects as unexceptionable as in this.

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Excerpt from The Greek Girl: A Tale, in Two Cantos

A Greek maiden, of gentle birth, but parentless, whom the casualties of Eastern warfare had reduced to the condition of a Mohammedan slave, and who, by a similar casualty, is restored to her original and far more appropriate character, that of a heroine - is introduced to the reader in the following pages. The objection (in itself objectionable) to Powers's fine Statue - namely, the absence of all drapery - will not apply in the present instance, as I have sought to array Inez in a garb which, if not strictly classical, is at least in keeping with Oriental taste. Should she prove in other respects as unexceptionable as in this, she will have reason to felicitate herself as a poetical débutante.

With regard to the young gentleman, her lover, I have little to say - except that he is not likely to conciliate the personal feelings of the reader.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.