All 4 Uses of
conservatory
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- On the other side of the house, to match with the library, was the conservatory, ornamented with rare flowers, that bloomed in china jars; and in the midst of the greenhouse, marvellous alike to sight and smell, was a billiard-table which looked as if it had been abandoned during the past hour by players who had left the balls on the cloth.†
Chpt 61-62
- It led through a grove of lindens to a conservatory.†
Chpt 71-72 *
- Albert, completely exhausted with the exercise which invigorated Monte Cristo, was sleeping in an arm-chair near the window, while the count was designing with his architect the plan of a conservatory in his house, when the sound of a horse at full speed on the high road made Albert look up.†
Chpt 85-86
- Mercedes had no fire in that cold and naked room—she, who was accustomed to stoves which heated the house from the hall to the boudoir; she had not even one little flower—she whose apartment had been a conservatory of costly exotics.†
Chpt 105-106
Definition:
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(conservatory as in: music conservatory) a school specializing in one of the fine arts -- especially music, dance, or drama