...Oui, mon cher Oncle, mes - études marchen bon train et j'en suis - fort satisfait. Je travaille nuit et jour. - Mais je suis très à court d'argent, Les - livres coutent si cher à Paris! les - livres me ruinent...
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

...Oui, mon cher Oncle, mes - études marchen bon train et j'en suis - fort satisfait. Je travaille nuit et jour. - Mais je suis très à court d'argent, Les - livres coutent si cher à Paris! les - livres me ruinent...

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · [ca. 1830–1858]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

A student, of profile turned to the left, his feet resting on one of the bars of the chair on which he sits, in his shirt, bare legs and boots, writing on his knees. Behind him a bed of cinched sheets in which is lying from right to left, a young woman; she holds a cigar in her hand, and from her mouth she exhales a puff of smoke.

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