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The passage sets a scorching scene on boulevard Bourdon, where a 33‑degree summer day leaves the street deserted. Below, the canal Saint‑Martin runs quietly, its dark waters framed by wooden barges and barrel rows. Across the canal, Paris's white façades, slate roofs, and granite quays gleam under a clear sky. A distant, confused murmur rises amid the languid air, and the day feels weighed down by the after‑effects of Sunday rest and the melancholy of summer. Two men appear: one from the Bastille, the other from the Jardin des Plantes. The taller, dressed in canvas, wears a backward hat, an open‑front waistcoat, and a tie in hand; the shorter, cloaked in a brown overcoat, leans his head beneath a peaked visor cap.
First publish date: 1896
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: Gustave Flaubert
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