noun
1: a tale of adventures ; especially : a romance in verse
2: adventure , exploit
Also spelled “geste”
The morality of the gest
Did not save the book from dry rot:
Mildewed heroes, tattered infants,
Noble literary zombies.
La Fille de Carilès is a story by Mme. Colomb (Ed. HACHETTE, 1875)
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