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Pearl's Story
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[Pearl,] the Pretty Hurdy-Gurdy Girl
[or, the Story of the Count De Saintl**, Diane, and the two Margarets]
Translation by John Ralyea of
La jolie-vielleuse, the 112th novella
from the collection Les Contemporaines,
ou aventures des plus jolies femmes de l'âge présent
[Contemporary Women,or adventures of the prettiest women of the present age],
in 42 vols. (1780 - 1783)
in the part entitled Les Contemporaines du commun
[Contemporary Women of the Common People]
by
Nicolas-Anne Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
(1734 - 1806),
illustrated by
Louis Binet
(1744 - 1800).
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