
So while you may not be able to afford Manolo Blahnik's shoes... now you still can't afford Madame Bovary with his design for a cover (£100). Funny that we're celebrating the birth of an affordable line of books with some rather expensive editions.
He begged their pardon, but he had forgotten his gloves, and instantly crossing the room to the writing table, he drew out a letter from under the scattered paper, placed it before Anne with eyes of glowing entreaty fixed on her for a time, and hastily collecting his gloves, was again out of the room, almost before Mrs. Musgrove was aware of his being in it: the work of an instant! ~ Jane Austen, Persuasion
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