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Travelling carriage

berline

A travelling carriage, here an old two-horse vehicle with its hood down.

From the book

The Gods Are Athirst

Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

Lemma.

A travelling carriage, here an old two-horse vehicle with its hood down. Its facing seats organise the party into couples and social positions while Blaise rides ahead to avoid the dust. The carriage carries the group back filled with roses, making it a material frame for the excursion rather than simply a transport detail.

Places to read

  1. Chapter X, paragraph 6FrenchUne vieille berline de voyage: An old travelling carriage. The narrator specifies seats, horses and lowered hood.
  2. Chapter X, paragraph 71FrenchLa berline en fut pleine: The carriage was full of them. The last load is roses rather than just people and equipment.