Pierre and Jean
Translated by Clara Bell
Get it in Sphinx
Coming soon to iPhone and Android. Join the waitlist to hear when Sphinx opens.
The opening
CHAPTER I
“Tschah!” exclaimed old Roland suddenly, after he had remained motionless for a quarter of an hour, his eyes fixed on the water, while now and again he very slightly lifted his line sunk in the sea.
Mme. Roland, dozing in the stern by the side of Mme. Rosémilly, who had been invited to join the fishing-party, woke up, and turning her head to look at her husband, said:
“Well, well! Gérome.”
And the old fellow replied in a fury:
The whole book is in the Sphinx app.
About this edition
- The words
- Clara Bell's English translation, copied word for word.
- Copied from
- Left out
- The source website's menus, layout and notices, in 2 places
- The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)