Summary: A wandering beggar with finds respite from his turbulent life in a backwater town in the arms of a miller woman. The local tavern owner also has his eye on the miller. The tavern owner jokes to the former beggar that they should swap women to find out women are all the same beneath their façade. Aided by wine, the former beggar is seduced by the tavern owner's wife. After realizing his mistake, he makes a public scene to try to get the tavern owner to take pity on his own wife and take her back instead of pursing the miller. Notes: Short novel. Contains a bibliography of the author, an advertisement for The Aeolian Company that manufactures musical instruments, a list of works published in the Novela Mundial series with the title of the upcoming release, and a coupon for a free book.
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Summary: A wandering beggar with finds respite from his turbulent life in a backwater town in the arms of a miller woman. The local tavern owner also has his eye on the miller. The tavern owner jokes to the former beggar that they should swap women to find out women are all the same beneath their façade. Aided by wine, the former beggar is seduced by the tavern owner's wife. After realizing his mistake, he makes a public scene to try to get the tavern owner to take pity on his own wife and take her back instead of pursing the miller. Notes: Short novel. Contains a bibliography of the author, an advertisement for The Aeolian Company that manufactures musical instruments, a list of works published in the Novela Mundial series with the title of the upcoming release, and a coupon for a free book.
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