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From "Carmen", the novel, 1845.

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In Spain,

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for a woman to be thought beautiful,

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she should have thirty positive qualities.

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Or to put it another way,

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it must be possible

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to apply to her three adjectives,

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each of which describes

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ten parts of her person.

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For example, three that are dark,

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dark eyes,

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dark eyelashes,

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dark eyebrows.

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Three that are delicate,

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her hands,

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her lips,

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her hair, and so forth.

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My woman could not lay claim
to such perfection.

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Her eyes were slanting but remarkably wide,

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her lips rather full but finely chiseled,

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her hair rather coarse and black
with a sheen like a raven’s wing,

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was long and shining.

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Not to weary you
with too long a description,

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I will sum her up by saying

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that for every fault she had a quality

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perhaps more striking from the contrast.

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She had a strange wild beauty,

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a face that was disconcerting
but unforgettable.

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Her eyes in particular

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