War and Peace · Aylmer Maude translation

Note * — “My dear, my tender, my poor mother.”
Chapter XIX

Leo Tolstoy

“My dear, my tender, my poor mother.”

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…inally to touch the hearts of the Russians—and being like all Frenchmen unable to imagine anything sentimental without a reference to ma chère, ma tendre, ma pauvre mère * —he decided that he would place an inscription on all these establishments in large letters: “This establishment is dedicated to my dear mother.” Or no, it should be simply: Maison de ma Mère, *(2) he concluded. “But am I really in Moscow? Yes, here it lies …

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Note * — “My dear, my tender, my poor mother.”Chapter XIX

Note * — “My dear, my tender, my poor mother.”
Chapter XIX