The Green Pearl

Автор книги: Aidan de Brune id книги: 2198007 Оценка: 0.0 Голосов: 0 Отзывы, комментарии: 0 0 руб. (0$) Читать книгу Скачать бесплатно Электронная книга Жанр: Языкознание Правообладатель и/или издательство: Bookwire Дата добавления в каталог КнигаЛит: 11 ноября 2021, 16:32 ISBN: 4066338050434 Скачать фрагмент в формате fb2 fb2.zip Возрастное ограничение: 0+ Оглавление Отрывок из книги

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"The Green Pearl" by Aidan de Brune. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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Aidan de Brune

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"So!" Rohmer could not take his byes from the jewel. "It is wonderful, Unique! There is not another like it in all the world. M'sieu, I have heard of—this, but I never hoped to see it. Behold—it is priceless—no money can buy it! But so, it is worthless, for who will pay for it—anything? It stands alone—the one green pearl known to men. Ah, you beautiful—beautiful thing!"

"Beautiful, yes." Therrold spoke bitterly. "It should be beautiful; bathed in the blood of countless, men and women. Mr. Rohmer, can you realise the misery and sin this overlaid grain of sand has caused through its existence? Can you picture the thousands who have marched to misery and death—because in the depths of the ocean an oyster conceived the only known green pearl? You cannot—nor can I. Yet, if its history were known and published, the whole world would demand its destruction. Wherever it has rested it has caused misery, covetousness and—"

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