The Alphonse Courrier Affair
Alphonse Courrier possesses all the might reasonably make a man content: a prosperous ironmonger's business and a position of respect in his Auvergne village, a dutiful, coolly beautiful wife who runs an irreproachable household, two healthy sons, and a hidden mistress - the ugliest girl in the village but probably the happiest. Prying eyes and wagging tongues, however, are the...
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