BIBLIOTHÈQUE
DES CHEFS-D’ŒUVRE
DU ROMAN
CONTEMPORAIN
KING OF CAMARGUE
JEAN AICARD
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THE ROMANCISTS
JEAN AICARD
KING OF CAMARGUE
This woman had a way of looking at people that disconcertedthem. You would say that a sharp, threateningflame shot from her eyes. It penetrated your being,searched your heart, and you were powerless against it.
TO ÉMILE TRÉLAT
My Very Dear Friend:
Permit me to dedicate this book to you, whose incomparablefriendship has been to the poet, obstinate in hisidealism, of hourly assistance, a constant proof of thereality of true generosity and kindness of heart.
Jean Aicard.
La Garde, near Toulon, April 11, 1890.