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"The past is our only real possession in life. It is the one piece of property of which time cannot deprive us; it is our own in a way that nothing else is. It never leaves our consciousness. In a word we are our past; we do not cling to it, it clings to us," wrote Grace King... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Balcony Stories is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus... Read Full Overview

Balcony Stories is a collection of short stories written by Grace E. King. The book is set in New Orleans, Louisiana and explores the lives of the city's inhabitants during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The stories are told from the perspective of a variety of characters,... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Balcony Stories by Grace King

Reproduction of the original: Balcony Stories by Grace King

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THERE is much of life passed on the balcony in a country where the summer unrolls in six moon-lengths, and where the nights have to come with a double endowment of vastness and splendor to compensate for the tedious, sun-parched days. And in that country the women love to sit... Read Full Overview