“A sign of the times: there are no longer any chairs in the bookshops along the embankments. [Noël] France was the last bookseller who provided chairs where you could sit down and chat and waste a little time between sales. Nowadays books are bought standing. A request for a book and the naming of the price: that is the sort of transaction to which the all-devouring activity of modern trade has reduced bookselling, which used to be a matter for dawdling, idling, and chatty, friendly browsing.”
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Jules de Goncourt
Jules de Goncourt was a 19th-century French writer known for his delicate psychological descriptions and realistic style. His works deeply reflected the social changes of the time and the inner world of individuals. more
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