A Tour Through The Pyrenees by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
A Tour Through The Pyrenees by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
" II.-BAGNèRES-DE-BIGORRE..............412
" III.-THE PEOPLE......................420
" IV-THE ROAD TO BAGNèRES-DE-LUCHON....468
" V-LUCHON.............................485
" VI.-TOULOUSE.........................509
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE PINES.....................................003
THE RIVER AFTER A STORM.......................004
THE PINES NEAR ROYAN..........................007
THE BROAD RIVER...............................009
BORDEAUX......................................010
TAIL-PIECE....................................011
LES LANDES....................................012
LES LANDES (SECOND VIEW)......................014
TAIL-PIECE....................................016
A STREET IN BAYONNE...........................018
BAYONNE HARBOR................................019
Pé DE PUYANE..................................022
THE BURNING CASTLE............................025
HEAD-PIECE....................................035
THE PIERCED ROCK..............................036
TAIL-PIECE....................................039
THE VILLA EUGENIE.............................040
CLIFFS NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ.................042
COAST NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ..................045
TAIL-PIECE....................................046
LOUIS XIV. AND ANNE OF AUSTRIA................047
THE POLITENESS OF TO-DAY......................048
THE POLITENESS OF OTHER DAYS..................049
"JE VOUS LE RENDS."...........................053
A SPLENDID CREATION...........................054
DAX...........................................057
CASTLE OF ORTHEZ..............................061
FROISSART.....................................062
"THAT STOUT CORNIFIC DOCTOR"..................066
COUNT DE FOIX AT SUPPER.......................068
THE COUNT DE FOIX'S HOSPITALITY...............071
A FRENCH "CONDUCTOR"..........................072
"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE DO NOT KILL GASTON"........074
GASTON IN THE TOWER OF ORTHEZ.................076
COUNT DE FOIX.................................077
TAILPIECE.....................................078
Camille Lewis was the forgotten daughter, the unloved wife, the woman discarded like yesterday's news. Betrayed by her husband, cast aside by her own family, and left for dead by the sister who stole everything, she vanished without a trace. But the weak, naive Camille died the night her car was forced off that bridge. A year later, she returns as Camille Kane, richer, colder, and more powerful than anyone could have imagined. Armed with wealth, intelligence, and a hunger for vengeance, she is no longer the woman they once trampled on. She is the storm that will tear their world apart. Her ex-husband begs for forgiveness. Her sister's perfect life crumbles. Her parents regret the daughter they cast aside. But Camille didn't come back for apologies, she came back to watch them burn. But as her enemies fall at her feet, one question remains: when the revenge is over, what's left? A mysterious trillionaire Alexander Pierce steps into her path, offering something she thought she lost forever, a future. But can a woman built on ashes learn to love again? She rose from the fire to destroy those who betrayed her. Now, she must decide if she'll rule alone... or let someone melt the ice in her heart.
Eliana reunited with her family, now ruined by fate: Dad jailed, Mom deathly ill, six crushed brothers, and a fake daughter who'd fled for richer prey. Everyone sneered. But at her command, Eliana summoned the Onyx Syndicate. Bars opened, sickness vanished, and her brothers rose-one walking again, others soaring in business, tech, and art. When society mocked the "country girl," she unmasked herself: miracle doctor, famed painter, genius hacker, shadow queen. A powerful tycoon held her close. "Country girl? She's my fiancée!" Eliana glared at him. "Dream on." Resolutely, he vowed never to let go.
Katherine endured mistreatment for three years as Julian's wife, sacrificing everything for love. But when his sister drugged her and sent her to a client's bed, Katherine finally snapped. She left behind divorce papers, walking away from the toxic marriage. Years later, Katherine returned as a radiant star with the world at her feet. When Julian saw her again, he couldn't ignore the uncanny resemblance between her new love and himself. He had been nothing but a stand-in for someone else. Desperate to make sense of the past, Julian pressed Katherine, asking, "Did I mean nothing to you?"
Serena Vance, an unloved wife, clutched a custom-made red velvet cake to her chest, enduring the cold rain outside an exclusive Upper East Side club. She hoped this small gesture for her husband, Julian, would bridge the growing chasm between them on their third anniversary. But as she neared the VIP suite, her world shattered. Julian's cold, detached voice sliced through the laughter, revealing he considered her nothing more than a "signature on a piece of paper" for a trust fund, mocking her changed appearance and respecting only another woman, Elena. The indifference in his tone was a physical blow, a brutal severance, not heartbreak. She gently placed the forgotten cake on the floor, leaving her wedding ring and a diamond necklace as she prepared to abandon a marriage built on lies. Her old life, once a prison of quiet suffering and constant humiliation, now lay in ruins around her. Three years of trying to be seen, to be loved, were erased by a few cruel words. Why had she clung to a man who saw her as a clause in a will, a "creature," not a wife? The shame and rage hardened her heart, freezing her tears. Returning to an empty penthouse, she packed a single battered suitcase, leaving behind every symbol of her failed marriage. With a burner phone, she dialed a number she hadn't touched in a decade, whispering, "Godfather, I'm ready to come home."
Gabriela learned her boyfriend had been two-timing her and writing her off as a brainless bimbo, so she drowned her heartache in reckless adventure. One sultry blackout night she tumbled into bed with a stranger, then slunk away at dawn, convinced she'd succumbed to a notorious playboy. She prayed she'd never see him again. Yet the man beneath those sheets was actually Wesley, the decisive, ice-cool, unshakeable CEO who signed her paychecks. Assuming her heart was elsewhere, Wesley returned to the office cloaked in calm, but every polite smile masked a dark surge of possessive jealousy.
After the divorce, she became the dream woman everyone longed for. James Ferguson saved Zelda Liamson and always did whatever she asked, making sure she had everything she could ever want. Zelda thought it was true love. After five years of marriage, she realized she was nothing more than his favourite pet, while he was her whole world. Then, the woman James truly loved came back, and Zelda demanded a divorce. James mocked her, saying, " You can't survive without me. What will you do without the Ferguson's name? " But Zelda did run away and never looked back, receiving marriage proposals every day. James lost his mind and returned, begging Zelda, "Please, come back to me. Give me another chance." His eyes were full of love and desperation.
© 2018-now CHANGDU (HK) TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
6/F MANULIFE PLACE 348 KWUN TONG ROAD KL
TOP
GOOGLE PLAY