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Little Dinners With the Sphinx, and Other Prose Fancies

by Richard Le Gallienne

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics10 chapters
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CEFR level
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Length
10 chapters
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About this book

About this book

A man reunites with the enigmatic Sphinx over a delicate dinner, exploring the bittersweet passage of time, memory, and the mysticism found in shared moments. Their conversation weaves sorrow and pleasure into a poetic reflection on life’s fading colors.

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Contents

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

02THE DEATH OF THE POET
03THE BUTTERFLY OF DREAMS
04MY CASTLE IN SPAIN
05ONCE-UPON-A-TIME
06THE LITTLE JOYS OF MARGARET
07WHAT’S IN A NAME
08REVISITING THE GLIMPSES OF THE MOON
09EVA, THE WOODLAND AND I
10THE DREAM DOCUMENTS

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