"[...] the nearer we got to the town the darker became the atmosphere. Between the sky and the earth hung a cloud of smoke." Part II, Chapter XXIII. Illustration from "Sans Famille", written by Hector Malot in 1878. 1880 edition illustrated by Emile Bayard and published by Hetzel & Cie.

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