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Asphodel

by M. E. Braddon

Level C1 · AdvancedRomance35 chapters
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Length
35 chapters
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About this book

Beneath a blazing midsummer sun in the enchanting Fontainebleau forest, free-spirited Daphne revels in nature’s wild beauty and the freedom from schoolroom confines, setting the stage for a tale of youthful adventure, rebellion, and romance.

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35 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01ASPHODEL · Ch.1Free
02CHAPTER I. ‘AND SHE WAS FAIR AS IS THE ROSE IN MAY.’
03CHAPTER II. ‘AND THIS WAS GLADLY IN THE EVENTIDE.’
04CHAPTER III. ‘AND VOLATILE, AS AY WAS HIS USAGE.’
05CHAPTER IV. ‘CURTEIS SHE WAS, DISCRETE, AND DEBONAIRE.’
06CHAPTER V. ‘THOU LOVEST ME, THAT WOT I WEL CERTAIN.’
07CHAPTER VI. ‘LOVE MAKETH ALL TO GONE MISWAY.’
08CHAPTER VII. ‘HIS HERTE BATHED IN A BATH OF BLISSE.’
09CHAPTER VIII. ‘GOD WOTE THAT WORLDLY JOY IS SONE AGO.’
10CHAPTER IX. ‘OF COLOUR PALE AND DEAD WAS SHE.’
11CHAPTER X. ‘AND SPENDING SILVER HAD HE RIGHT YNOW.’
12CHAPTER XI. ‘YEVE ME MY DETH, OR THAT I HAVE A SHAME.’

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