Before the storm, the literary world in Elroy has always been calm. Since the largest Leonard publishing house in the city held a solicitation activity, the literary world in Elroy has been quiet. The collection of novels by Leonard publishing house has occasionally become a dinner talk for intellectuals. They marvel at the talent of the second son of the Elroy family, Born in a noble family, he can also write such an excellent literary work as wild rose. Occasionally, some people are thinking about another work, which can make them remember the complete title of the book, the plot, and the strange novel that tells the name of each character in it. Both ordinary readers and literary scholars with the spirit of studying can enjoy it.

This work is just a flash in the pan in the collection of novels by Leonard publishing house. After that, it is difficult for readers who can't put it down to find relevant information.

As winter approaches, the sky in Elroy is dark, the day is still gloomy and quiet, the streets are much colder, and the passers-by are in a hurry. There are no more warblers or civilians talking and laughing. In the fading City, there is a shop. On the contrary, the shop is located in the bustling red maple leaf street, with spacious facade. The glass door that can accommodate four or five people side by side is pull type. Whenever a guest comes to the door, the children who have learned to observe words and colors will actively step forward and pull the glass door open.

The interior of the shop is luxurious and full of style. Rows of glass counters display extremely luxurious jewelry on black cushions. Pearl chains are smooth and round. Each bead is selected from raw materials of uniform size and polished by craftsmen. On the top of the pearl necklace is a beautiful sapphire necklace with the size of a thumb, It's inlaid in the necklace shell made of metal carving technology. Sapphire is shining with psychedelic halo under the soft lamp of the shop. It's hard for any woman to move her eyes when she first sees it. She's intoxicated with the beautiful luster of the gem.

Naturally, the price of beautiful jewelry is beyond ordinary people's imagination. The price of any piece of jewelry in this jewelry store is equivalent to the wages of ordinary workers for decades.

Jewelry is a direct symbol of women's status in this era. No matter how expensive the price of jewelry is, there is no need to worry about no one buying it. On the contrary, the price becomes the capital for women to show off, which is used to prove the importance of her in the eyes of her husband and the wealth of their family.

In the corner of the shop, there is a special salon for guests to rest. When women are tired, they can enjoy free fruit and juice here. Of course, it is set up for men who accompany women here. The small bookcase beside the sofa will update today's newspaper in time every day, and there are also a number of different types of books.

As if on purpose, a novel called the count of Monte Cristo was placed in the most prominent position in the bookcase.

As a matter of fact, count of Monte Cristo attracts enough attention by virtue of its novel cover with unique style. In this era, whether novels or other literary works generally use simple black cover with book title, and few of them make novel cover with unique style oil painting.

The cover of the novel was finished by Shirley, and the coloring part was painted by a painter invited by Pulan. The effect barely reached the pass line in Harvey's mind.

"The count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexander, is an unheard of writer's name."

Sitting on the sofa of the salon, Kelvin is curious to take down the novel with a strange cover from the bookcase. He needs to admit that the cover of the novel is really attractive. In the picture, one is a desperate prisoner, and the other is a gentleman dressed in beautiful clothes. There are strong contrasts and similarities between the two.

"Is it a man?"

Colvin mumbled uncertainly. When he opened the novel, he found that there were some exquisite black-and-white illustrations in the novel. The style was completely different from the current popular sketch. Although the degree of delicacy was far less than that, he was amazed at these black-and-white illustrations from the bottom of his heart.

Why?

He was filled with doubts. After carefully observing these novel illustrations, he quickly came to the conclusion that illustrations with peculiar painting style contain a huge amount of information. General sketching technology will be used in portrait painting. It is extremely rare to draw the emotional charm of the characters with the characters as the main body. These illustrations show a complete scene, with rich expressions and delicate scenes. From this picture, you can see the plot of the novel.

Kelvin looked in front of the counter. His wife was talking and laughing with friends, trying out the suitability of necklaces one by one. There were a lot of jewelry on the tray that he was going to try on. It was estimated that he would not be able to leave here in a short time.

His eyes showed a burst of helplessness, and he turned the novel to the first page, intending to have a good look at this strange novel.

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"Honey."

"Dear?"

"My dear husband, Mr. Corwin Aldrich!"

"Oh! I'm here

Hearing his wife's angry voice, keelwin put down his novel in a hurry and looked up to see his wife standing in front of him with a beautiful wooden box. It was estimated that he had already selected his favorite jewelry. Somehow, he blurted out, "which one have you decided to buy? So fast. "

His wife looked at him with strange eyes: "honey, what are you talking about? I chose this one for more than an hour. If you were impatient, you would have left here."

"What, an hour has passed?" He was surprised. He looked at his watch and found that it had been an hour and a half since he picked up the novel. He looked at the count of Monte Cristo on the desk and said, "Oh, I thought it was only ten minutes."

"You are very strange. Are you ill? I told you it was getting cold. "

His wife's concern warmed his heart. Corwin was a little embarrassed and coughed: "no, I was a little absorbed in reading just now."

They left the jewelry store, and Corwin himself took his wife to the carriage.

"Honey, don't you go back together? I'm tired when I come here." The wife looked at him and asked strangely that he didn't get on the carriage at all.

"It suddenly occurred to me that some things have not been finished. Don't worry. I will go back soon."

"Be careful."

As he watched the carriage leave, Corwin looked back at the salon in the jewelry shop. It was the novel "the count of Monte Cristo" on the table. The clerk of the shop was returning it. Now that his wife has chosen jewelry, he can't go back to read. He didn't enjoy it, but it's not hard to solve. At the end of red maple leaf street is the largest Leonard Bookstore chain in Elroy.

When he left, he saw a man dressed as a gentleman hurried in without a female companion. He was a little curious about what he was doing when he went in alone. Without further study, he hurried to the direction of Leonard bookstore. He couldn't wait to see the novel again.