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Excerpt: "Mr and Mrs Robert Drummond lived in a pretty house in the Kensington district; a house, the very external aspect of which informed the passer-by who they were, or at least what the husband was. The house was embowered in its little garden; and in spring, with its lilacs and laburnums, looked like a great bouquet of bloom—as such houses often do. But built out from the house, and occupying a large slice of the garden at the side, was a long room, lighted with sky windows, and not by any means charming to look at outside, though the creepers, which had not long been planted, were beginning to climb upon the walls. It was connected with the house by a passage which acted as a conservatory, and was full of flowers; and everything had been done that could be done to render the new studio as beautiful in aspect as it was in meaning. But it was new, and had scarcely yet begun, as its proprietor said, to 'compose' with its surroundings. Robert Drummond, accordingly, was a painter, a painter producing, in the mean time, pictures of the class called genre; but intending to be historical, and to take to the highest school of art as soon as life and fame would permit. He was a very good painter; his subjects were truly 'felt' and exquisitely manipulated; but there was no energy of emotion, no originality of genius about them. A great many people admired them very much; other painters lingered over them lovingly, with that true professional admiration of 'good work' which counteracts the jealousy of trade in every honest mind. They were very saleable articles, indeed, and had procured a considerable amount of prosperity for the young painter. It was almost certain that he would be made an Associate at the next vacancy, and an Academician in time. But with all this, he was well aware that he was no genius, and so was his wife."
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length19 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1AT HIS GATES.
25CHAPTER VI.
2VOL. I.
26CHAPTER VII.
3CHAPTER II.
27CHAPTER VIII.
4CHAPTER III.
28CHAPTER IX.
5CHAPTER IV.
29CHAPTER X.
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6CHAPTER V.
30CHAPTER XII.
7CHAPTER VI.
31CHAPTER XIII.
8CHAPTER VII.
32CHAPTER XIV.
9CHAPTER VIII.
33CHAPTER XI.
10CHAPTER IX.
34CHAPTER I.
11CHAPTER X.
35CHAPTER II.
12CHAPTER XI.
36CHAPTER III.
13CHAPTER XII.
37CHAPTER IV.
14CHAPTER XIII.
38CHAPTER V.
15CHAPTER XIV.
39CHAPTER VI.
16CHAPTER XV.
40CHAPTER VII.
17CHAPTER XVI.
41CHAPTER VIII.
18CHAPTER XVII.
42CHAPTER IX.
19VOL. II.
43CHAPTER X.
20CHAPTER I.
44CHAPTER XI.
21CHAPTER II.
45CHAPTER XII.
22CHAPTER III.
46CHAPTER XIII.
23CHAPTER IV.
47CHAPTER XIV.
24CHAPTER V.
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