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SOUND REFERENCES IN LITERATURE



1045.

Then came a gust of wind; the poplars swayed; and suddenly the rain was pattering on the green leaves. But soon the sun came out again, chickens cackled; sparrows fluttered their wings in the wet bushes.

Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, trans. Francis Steegmuller, New York, Random House, 1957, p. 136.

TIME: 1840's

PLACE: France

CIRCUMSTANCE: a rain shower in the countryside.

 

1046.

... calves were lowing and sheep bleating... Bare-armed teamsters were holding rearing stallions by the halter: these were neighing loudly in the direction of the mares, who stood there quietly...

Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, trans. Francis Steegmuller, New York, Random House, 1957, p. 154.

TIME: 1840's

PLACE: France

CIRCUMSTANCE: animals at a fair waiting to be judged.

 

1047.

...a cannon shot resounded and everyone began to hurry towards the village...

...after a present-arms during which the rattle of the metal bands as they slid down the stocks and barrels sounded like a copper cauldron rolling down the flight of stairs, all the rifles were lowered...

Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, trans. Francis Steegmuller, New York, Random House, 1957, p.157-158

TIME: 1840's

PLACE: Binet, France

CIRCUMSTANCE: signal for the arrival and present-arms for a government dignitary.


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