. The complete works of Gustave Flaubert; embracing romances, travels, comedies, sketches and correspondence; . Over Strand and Field A RECORD OF TRAVELTHROUGH BRITTANY GUSTAVE FLAUBERT SIMON P. MAGEE PUBUSHER CHICAGO. ILL. Copyright, 1904, byM. WALTER DUNNE Entsred at Stationers Hall, LonOOH OVER STRAND AND FIELD* A TRIP THROUGH BRITTANY CHAPTER 1. Chateau de Chambord. B WALKED through the empty gatleries and deserted rooms wherespiders spin their cobwebs over thesalamanders of Francis the is overcome by a feeling ofdistress at the sight of this pov-erty which has no grandeur. It is
. The complete works of Gustave Flaubert; embracing romances, travels, comedies, sketches and correspondence; . Over Strand and Field A RECORD OF TRAVELTHROUGH BRITTANY GUSTAVE FLAUBERT SIMON P. MAGEE PUBUSHER CHICAGO. ILL. Copyright, 1904, byM. WALTER DUNNE Entsred at Stationers Hall, LonOOH OVER STRAND AND FIELD* A TRIP THROUGH BRITTANY CHAPTER 1. Chateau de Chambord. B WALKED through the empty gatleries and deserted rooms wherespiders spin their cobwebs over thesalamanders of Francis the is overcome by a feeling ofdistress at the sight of this pov-erty which has no grandeur. It is not absoluteruin, with the luxury of blackened and mouldy debris,the delicate embroidery of flowers, and the drapery ofwaving vines undulating in the breeze, like pieces ofdamask. It is a conscious poverty, for it brushes itsthreadbare coat and endeavours to appear * Gustave Flaubert was tv/enty-ax years old when he started onthis journey. He travelled on foot and was accompanied by M. ;ime Ducamp. When they returned, they wrote an account of theirjourney. It is by far the most important of the unpublislied writings,for in it the author gives his personal genius full sway and it aboundsin {ncturesque descriptions and historical reflections. 4 GUSTAVE FLAUBERT The floor has been repaired in one room, while in thenext it has been allowed to rot. It shows the futileeffort to preserve that which is dying and to bringback that which has fled. Strange to say, it is ailvery melancholy, but not at all imposing. And then it seems as if everything had contributedto injure poor Chambord, designed by Le Primaticeand chiselled and sculptured by Germain Pilon andjean Cousin. Upreared by Francis the First, on hisreturn from Spain, after the humiliating treaty of Mad-rid (1526), it is the monument of a pride that soughtto dazzle itself in order to forg
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