Eugenie Grandet Glossary

by Honore de Balzac

Eugenie Grandet Glossary

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sombre

deep seriousness and sadness

cloisters

a walkway in a convent or monastery.

desolation

great unhappiness

barrenness

lacking in trees and life

monastic

relating to monks, nuns, or others living under religious vows

physiognomy

a person's facial features or expression

resonance

being deep, full, and reverberating.

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