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The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writingsby Marquis SadeISBN 0802130127 (0-8021-3012-7)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Arthur Rimbaudby Pual Schmidt, Paul SchmidtISBN 0060955503 (0-06-095550-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arthur Rimbaud'Book summary:Arthur Rimbaud is remembered as much for his volatile personality and tumultuous life as he is for his writings, most of which he produced before the age of eighteen. This book brings together his poetry, prose, and letters, including "The Drunken Boat," "The Orphans' New Year," "After the Flood," and "A Season in Hell," considered by many to be his. Complete Works is divided into eight "seasons"--Childhood, The Open Road, War, The Tormented Heart, The Visionary, The Damned Soul, A Few Belated Cowardices, and The Man with the Wind at His Heels--that reflect the facets of Rimbaud's life. Insightful commentary by translator and editor Paul Schmidt reveals the courage, vision, and imagination of Rimbaud's poetry and sheds light on one of the most enigmatic figures in letters.
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Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Worksby Arthur Rimbaud, Paul SchmidtISBN 0060138343 (0-06-013834-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Black Tulipby Alexandre DumasISBN 1421809036 (1-4218-0903-6)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Tulip'Book summary:Cornelius von Baerle lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But when his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in a deadly political intrigue. Falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival, Cornelius is condemned to life in prison. His only comfort is Rosa, the jailer's beautiful daughter, who helps him concoct a plan to grow the black tulip in secret. As Robin Buss explains in his informative introduction, Dumas infuses his story with elements from the history of the Dutch Republic (including two brutal murders) and Holland's seventeenth-century "tulipmania" phenomenon.[via]More editions of The Black Tulip:
- The Black Tulip: ISBN 0140448926 (0-14-044892-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Black Tulip: ISBN 0192837508 (0-19-283750-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Black Tulip: ISBN 0460001744 (0-460-00174-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - The Black Tulip: ISBN 0848812905 (0-8488-1290-5)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd - The Black Tulip: ISBN 0192830791 (0-19-283079-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Black Tulip: ISBN 1421809036 (1-4218-0903-6)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
- The Black Tulip: ISBN 0140448926 (0-14-044892-6)
Blue of Noonby Georges Bataille, Harry MathewsISBN 0714530735 (0-7145-3073-5)
Softcover, Marion Boyars
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue of Noon'Book summary:The writing is superlative ... daringly imaginative, intended only for those awake and aware of the possibilities of excess - in literature and in life. Along with Cline and Breton, Bataille writes as if he were dropping a bomb; in a fore-flash he creates a world of demented funereal sexuality.?Detroit Free Press
Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, Blue of Noon is one of Bataille's most overtly political works, exploring the ambiguity of sex as a subversive force and synthesizing the fetishes of violence, power and death that mesmerized an age.
In this classic of twentieth century eroticism, the reader is taken on a dark journey through the psyche of the pre-war French intelligensia, torn between identification with the victims of history and the glamour of its victors.
Georges Bataille was born in 1897 and died in 1962. His combination of scholarship and creative genius assured his pre-eminence among his generation of French intellectuals.
Other books by Georges Bataille also published by Marion Boyars are Eroticism, Story of the Eye, Literature and Evil, L'Abbe C, and My Mother, Madame Edwarda and the Dead Man. [via]More editions of Blue of Noon:
Boule de Suifby Guy De Maupassant, Roger ColetISBN 0146001435 (0-14-600143-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Butterballby Guy De Maupassant, Andrew BrownISBN 1843910470 (1-84391-047-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Butterball'Book summary:[via]Set during the Franco-Prussian war, Butterball is a sympathetic portrayal of a prostitutes mistreatment at the hands of a cold-hearted bourgeoisie. It is published here with a selection of stories about prostitutes, making this a unique collection. When Butterballs carriage is halted by Prussian soldiers, they demand her sexual services as ransom. Her fellow passengershitherto disdainful of her companyare suddenly more than happy to benefit from her immoral trade. But Butterball is a loyal French nationalist, and she refuses to sleep with the enemy. Through the warmth and generosity of his heroine, Maupassant exposes the hypocrisy of the French middle class. French writer Guy de Maupassant is most famous for his short stories, which depict the humdrum fate of the middle and working classes.More editions of Butterball:
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Cousin Ponsby Honore De Balzac, Herbert James HuntISBN 0140442057 (0-14-044205-7)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cousin Pons'Book summary:Mild, harmless and ugly to behold, the impoverished Pons is an ageing musician whose brief fame has fallen to nothing. Living a placid Parisian life as a bachelor in a shared apartment with his friend Schmucke, he maintains only two passions: a devotion to fine dining in the company of wealthy but disdainful relatives, and a dedication to the collection of antiques. When these relatives become aware of the true value of his art collection, however, their sneering contempt for the parasitic Pons rapidly falls away as they struggle to obtain a piece of the weakening man's inheritance. Taking its place in the Human Comedy as a companion to Cousin Bette, the darkly humorous "Cousin Pons" is among of the last and greatest of Balzac's novels concerning French urban society: a cynical, pessimistic but never despairing consideration of human nature. [via]
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The Devil's Poolby George Sand, George B. IvesISBN 1406800341 (1-4068-0034-1)
Softcover, Echo Library
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El Primer Hombreby Albert Camus, Aurora BernardezISBN 8472238318 (84-7223-831-8)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Primer Hombre'Book summary:Ese hombre del título sería el padre del niño Jacques Cormery, protagonista de esta historia. Pero de este padre emigrante, que murió en el frente durante la primera guerra mundial y que se había casado con una menorquina analfabeta y casi muda con la que apenas dispuso del tiempo necesario para tener dos hijos, poco se sabrá. Los pobres no tienen historia, o tan sólo aquella que les otorgan las guerras y las revoluciones. El verdadero primer hombre es el hijo : sin padre, educado en un miserable barrio periférico de Argel por una abuela autoritaria, que le inflige castigos corporales ante una madre impotente.
A fatherless child is raised in Algiers by a strict grandmother who hits him in front of the helpless mother. How did he end up winning the Nobel Prize for Literature? The story of how the kid slowly constructs himself in a completely different way to what was expected, would seem Albert Camus own. [via]More editions of El Primer Hombre:
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The First Manby Albert Camus, David Hapgood, Sarah BurnesISBN 0679768165 (0-679-76816-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The First Man'Book summary:In The First Man Albert Camus tells the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like his own. Camus summons up the sights, sounds, and textures of a childhood circumscribed by poverty and a father's death yet redeemed by the austere beauty of Algeria and the boy's attachment to his nearly deaf-mute mother. The result is a moving journey through the lost landscape of youth that also discloses the wellspring of Camus' aesthetic powers and moral vision. [via]
Haunted Poolby George SandISBN 0915288265 (0-915288-26-5)
Softcover, Dancing Cane Productions
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History of the Thirteenby Honore De BalzacISBN 0140443010 (0-14-044301-0)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Justineby Donatien-Alphonse-Francois Marquis De SadeISBN 1853266353 (1-85326-635-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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Justine or Good Conduct Well Chastisedby Marquis De SadeISBN 1596541768 (1-59654-176-8)
Softcover, Olympiapress.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Justine or Good Conduct Well Chastised'Book summary:Fascinating work by the Marquis, who wrote the first draft while whiling away his days in the Bastille. Abandoned to fate with her sister Juliette, Justine attempts to do all the right things in life. She takes up with a stranger who offers to help out. But then the doors close, Justines trapped, and life gets very interesting. First published in 1953 by the Olympia Press. [via]
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L'Avareby MoliereISBN 2038716609 (2-03-871660-9)
Softcover, Larousse Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L'Avare'Book summary:Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière, (1622-1673) est un dramaturge et acteur de théâtre français. Considéré comme l'âme de la Comédie-Française, il en est toujours l'auteur le plus joué. Impitoyable pour le pédantisme des faux savants, le mensonge des médecins ignorants, la prétention des bourgeois enrichis, Molière aime la jeunesse qu'il veut libérer des contraintes absurdes. Très loin des rigueurs de la dévotion ou de l'ascétisme, son r?'le de moraliste s'arrête là où il l'a défini: "Je ne sais s'il n'est pas mieux de travailler à rectifier et à adoucir les passions des hommes que de vouloir les retrancher entièrement", et son but a d'abord été de "faire rire les honnêtes gens". Molière dispose d'un grand talent comique. Molière partage, en 1661, le théâtre du Palais-Royal avec la troupe de Domenico Biancolelli, dit Arlequin. Il présente Dom Garcie de Navarre qui est un échec et L'École des Maris qui triomphe. La même année, Molière emménage en face du Palais-Royal. Le 17 août il crée Les Fâcheux, sa première comédie-ballet. [via]
La Mare au Diable: Niveau 1by George SandISBN 2035882443 (2-03-588244-3)
Softcover, Larousse Editions
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LA Mare Au Diable, Francois Le Champiby George SandISBN 0685349950 (0-685-34995-0)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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LA Peau De Chagrinby Honore De BalzacISBN 2253006300 (2-253-00630-0)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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La Princesse De Clevesby Madame De Lafayette, Walter J. CobbISBN 0140445870 (0-14-044587-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Princesse De Cleves'Book summary:Set towards the end of the reign of Henry II of France, The Princesse de Cleves (1678) tells of the unspoken, unrequited love between the fair, noble Mme de Cleves, who is married to a loyal and faithful man, and the Duc de Nemours, a handsome man most female courtiers find irresistible. Warned by her mother against admitting her passion, Mme de Cleves hides her feelings from her fellow courtiers, until she finally confesses to her husband an act that brings tragic consequences for all. Described as France's first modern novel, The Princesse de Cleves is an exquisite and profound analysis of the human heart, and a moving depiction of the inseparability of love and anguish. [via]
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LA Princesse De Clevesby De LafayISBN 2080700820 (2-08-070082-0)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Princesse De Cleves'Book summary:""La Princesse de Cleves" nous apprait comme une vertiable esquisse de Proust, mis une esquisse tres savante et tres poussee, avec le jeu des salons et le jeu beaucoup plus complete de l'esprit et du coeur." Kleber Haedens [via]
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La Princesse De Clevesby Nancy Mitford, Madame De LafayetteISBN 0140443371 (0-14-044337-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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La Rochefoucauld: Maximsby Francois LA Rochefoucauld, John HeardISBN 0486451453 (0-486-45145-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Rochefoucauld: Maxims'Book summary:Often poetic, occasionally ironic, and frequently humorous, Maxims first published in 1665 can also be blunt and brutally candid: "Everyone blames his memory, no one his judgment." Bursting with philosophical musings that make for enlightened reading, this collection features more than 500 thought-provoking revelations.[via]More editions of La Rochefoucauld: Maxims:
Le Misanthropeby MoliereISBN 2038713138 (2-03-871313-8)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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Le Premier Hommeby Albert CamusISBN 2070738272 (2-07-073827-2)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Les Infortunes De LA Vertuby Marquis De SadeISBN 2877141616 (2-87714-161-6)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Infortunes De LA Vertu'Book summary:126pages. Broché. broché. [via]
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Les Motsby Jean Paul SartreISBN 2070366073 (2-07-036607-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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The Magic Skinby Honore De BalzacISBN 140435381X (1-4043-5381-X)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magic Skin'Book summary:Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "Honore de Balzac (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850) was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comedie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities." [via]
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Maximsby Francois LA RochefoucauldISBN 1853264873 (1-85326-487-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maxims'Book summary:Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld owes his place in French literature to his 504 moral maxims and reflective epigrams. Born in 1613, he was a child of the late Renaissance, and though his philosophy seems to derive from a belief that selfishness is the source of all human behaviour, its witty precepts and dispassionate manner had a marked influence on "le Philosophes" of the 18th century Enlightenment. [via]
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Maximsby Leonard Tancock, Francois LA RochefoucauldISBN 014044095X (0-14-044095-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Maximsby Stuart D. Warner, Stephane Douard, Francois LA RochefoucauldISBN 1890318426 (1-890318-42-6)
Hardcover, St Augustine Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maxims'Book summary:This is the first-ever French-English edition of La Rochefoucaulds Réflexions, ou sentences et maximes morales, long known in English simply as the Maxims. The translation, the first to appear in forty years, is completely new and aims unlike all previous versions at being as literal as possible. This involves, among other things, rendering the same word for example, amour-propre as self-love as consistently throughout as good sense allows. This also means that the translators have made every effort to maintain La Rochefoucaulds word order. This allows the reader the best vantage point for viewing La Rochefoucaulds dramatic and paradoxical juxtapositions of words and ideas, juxtapositions of the utmost importance to understanding his thought. Despite the translations concern with literalness, careful attention has been paid to the nuances of the literary character of the Maxims.
In addition, this work contains a series of detailed indices that will greatly aid the reader in finding just the right maxim. Also included is the original French index of the work.
At the heart of La Rochefoucaulds Maxims lies the attempt to disclose the great disparity between the exaggerated self-estimation of men and women and their actual condition. As La Rochefoucauld (16131680) unremittingly unmasks various pretenses, he elaborately exposes the complexity of motives which underlie and inform human conduct: whereas many endeavor to reveal a unity in plurality, La Rochefoucauld endeavors to reveal a plurality in unity. Playful, yet serious, humorous, ironic, yet direct, poetic, yet philosophical, the Maxims penetrate to themes at the center of reflection and judgment about the human situation. Worthy of study at any time, the Maxims are especially relevant in the strange times in which we live.
This edition includes the 504 maxims of the definitive, fifth edition of 1678, along with 137 other maxims which were either withdrawn from earlier editions or published posthumously. In addition to the maxims, La Rochefoucaulds self-portrait and Cardinal de Retzs portrait of La Rochefoucauld are also included. [via]
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Miracle De LA Roseby Jean GenetISBN 2070368874 (2-07-036887-4)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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Miracle of the Roseby Jean Genet, Bernard FrechtmanISBN 0802130887 (0-8021-3088-7)
Softcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miracle of the Rose'Book summary:This nightmarish account of prison life during the German occupation of France is dominated by the figure of the condemned murderer Harcamone, who takes root and bears unearthly blooms in the ecstatic and brooding imagination of his fellow prisoner Genet.[via]More editions of Miracle of the Rose:
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The Misanthrope: Moliere Versionby Moliere, Martin CrimpISBN 0571179096 (0-571-17909-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Misanthrope: Moliere Version'Book summary:Comment Alceste, qui n'aime que la vérité, la sincérité, la droiture, lui qui est la rigidité faite homme, comment a-t-il pu s'éprendre de Célimène, qui représente tout ce qu'il déteste : l'hypocrisie, la légèreté, le persiflage, les apparences ? Il a pourtant bien succombé aux charmes de la jeune veuve, et voudrait qu'elle ne se consacre qu'à lui, qu'elle renonce à cette mondanité qu'il hait tant. Évidemment, elle n'en a aucunement l'intention : c'est tout l'enjeu de la pièce, qui orchestre le spectacle des bassesses, des manoeuvres, mais surtout des faiblesses des deux protagonistes. Difficile alors de dire qui a tort et qui a raison...
Pièce à part, avec Dom Juan, dans la production de Molière, Le Misanthrope reste une comédie, mais une comédie grinçante, qui fait tomber les masques et constitue une peinture sur le vif de la nature humaine. C'est sans doute pour cela que les plus grands metteurs en scène ont voulu s'attaquer à cette pièce et les plus grands comédiens se mesurer à ses rôles. --Karla Manuele [via]
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Misanthrope: Ou L'atrabilaire Amoureuxby MoliereISBN 1419174169 (1-4191-7416-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Softcover, Dover Pubns - Misanthrope: Ou L'atrabilaire Amoureux: ISBN 0822213893 (0-8222-1389-3)
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The Miser by Moliere: A New Translation and Adaption by James Magruderby Moliere, David ChambersISBN 0822213419 (0-8222-1341-9)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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The Mysterious Islandby Jules VerneISBN 1428032436 (1-4280-3243-6)
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Oeuvres Completesby Arthur RimbaudISBN 2070104761 (2-07-010476-1)
Hardcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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Persian Lettersby Montesquieu, Charles Louis De Secondat, De LA Br`Ede Et DeISBN 0140442812 (0-14-044281-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Pierre and Jeanby Guy De MaupassantISBN 0140443584 (0-14-044358-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Princess De Clevesby Madame De Lafayette, Nancy MitfordISBN 0811210707 (0-8112-1070-7)
Softcover, New Directions
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Princess of Clevesby Marie-Madeleine De LafayetteISBN 1419178717 (1-4191-7871-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Princesse De Cleves:The Princesse De Montpensier; The Comtesse De Tendeby Terence Cave, LA FayetteISBN 0192837265 (0-19-283726-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Pure and the Impureby Colette, Judith ThurmanISBN 094032248X (0-940322-48-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Querelle LA Brestby Jean GenetISBN 2070263290 (2-07-026329-0)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Rameau's Nephew and D'Alembert's Dreamby Denis Diderot, Leonard TancockISBN 0140441735 (0-14-044173-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Rimbaud Completeby Arthur Rimbaud, Wallace Fowlie, Seth Adam WhiddenISBN 0226719774 (0-226-71977-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rimbaud'Book summary:Enduring icon of creativity, authenticity, and rebellion, and the subject of numerous new biographies, Arthur Rimbaud is one of the most repeatedly scrutinized literary figures of the last half-century. Yet almost thirty years have elapsed without a major new translation of his writings. Remedying this state of affairs is Rimbaud Complete, the first and only truly complete edition of Rimbauds work in English, translated, edited, and introduced by Wyatt Mason.
Mason draws on a century of Rimbaud scholarship to choreograph a superbly clear-eyed presentation of the poets works. He arranges Rimbauds writing chronologically, based on the latest manuscript evidence, so readers can experience the famously teenaged poets rapid evolution, from the lyricism of Sensation to the groundbreaking early modernism of A Season in Hell.
In fifty pages of previously untranslated material, including award-winning early verses, all the fragmentary poems, a fascinating early draft of A Season in Hell, a school notebook, and multiple manuscript versions of the important poem O saisons, ô chateaux, Rimbaud Complete displays facets of the poet unknown to American readers. And in his Introduction, Mason revisits the Rimbaud myth, addresses the state of disarray in which the poet left his work, and illuminates the intricacies of the translators art.
Mason has harnessed the precision and power of the poets rapidly changing voice: from the delicate music of a poem such as Crows to the mature dissonance of the Illuminations, Rimbaud Complete unveils this essential poet for a new generation of readers. [via] -
Rimbaud Complete Works: Selected Lettersby Wallace FowlieISBN 0226719731 (0-226-71973-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rimbaud Complete Works: Selected Letters'Book summary:Wallace Fowlie's prose translations accompany the original French texts in this, the first complete bilingual edition of Rimbaud's work in prose and poetry.[via]
"This handsome edition, which makes France's most remarkable poet readily available in the U.S., may well be a literary landmark comparable to Baudelaire's introduction of Edgar Allan Poe in France a century earlier."--Anna Balakian, New York Times Book ReviewMore editions of Rimbaud Complete Works: Selected Letters:
Salammboby Gustave Flaubert, A.J. KrailsheimerISBN 0140443282 (0-14-044328-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Story of Oby Pauline Reage, John P. HandISBN 1562010352 (1-56201-035-2)
Softcover, Blue Moon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Story of O'Book summary:Published originally in French, (this one is in English) by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Story of O is a tale of female submission about a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer, O, who is blindfolded, chained, whipped, branded, pierced, made to wear a mask, and taught to be constantly available for oral, vaginal, and anal intercourse. Despite her harsh treatment, O grants permission beforehand for everything that occurs, and her permission is consistently sought. At the beginning of the story, O's lover, René, brings her to the château of Roissy, where she is trained to serve the men of an elite group. After this first period of training is finished, as a demonstration of their bond and his generosity, René hands O to Sir Stephen, a more dominant master. René wants O to learn to serve someone whom she does not love, and someone who does not love her. Over the course of this training, O falls in love with Sir Stephen and believes him to be in love with her as well. While her vain friend and lover, Jacqueline, is repulsed by O's chains and scars, O herself is proud of her condition as a willing slave. During the summer, Sir Stephen decides to move O to Samois, an old mansion solely inhabited by women for advanced training and body modifications related to submission. There she agrees to receive a branding and a labia piercing with rings marked with Sir Stephen's initials and insignia. At the climax, O appears as a slave, nude but for an owl-like mask, before a large party of guests who treat her solely as an object. [via]
The Thief's Journalby Jean GenetISBN 1596541377 (1-59654-137-7)
Softcover, Disruptive Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thief's Journal'Book summary:The Thief's Journal is perhaps Jean Genet's most authentically autobiographical novel, personifying his quest for spiritual glory through the pursuit of evil. Writing in the intensely lyrical prose style that is his trademark, the man Jean Cocteau dubbed France's "Black Prince of Letters" here reconstructs his early adult years -- time he spent as a petty criminal and vagabond, traveling through Spain and Antwerp, occasionally border hopping across the rest of Europe, always one step ahead of the authorities. "Only a handful of twentieth-century writers, such as Kafka and Proust, have as important, as authoritative, as irrevocable a voice and style." -- Susan Sontag; "One of the strongest and most vital accounts of a life ever set down on paper. . . . Genet has dramatized the story of his own life with a power and vision which take the breath away. The Thief's Journal will undoubtedly establish Genet as one of the most daring literary figures of all time." -- The New York Post[via]-
The Wild Ass's Skinby Honore De BalzacISBN 0140443304 (0-14-044330-4)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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La Bete Humaineby Emile ZolaISBN 2090319224 (2-09-031922-4)
Hardcover, Creations loisirs enseignement International
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Bete Humaine'Book summary:Émile Zola (1840-1902), né à Paris, est un écrivain, journaliste et homme public français, considéré comme le chef de file du naturalisme. C'est l'un des romanciers français les plus universellement populaires, l'un des plus publiés et traduits au monde, le plus adapté au cinéma et à la télévision. Sa vie et son oeuvre ont été étudiés dans le détail par la science historique. Sur le plan littéraire, il est principalement connu pour Les Rougon-Macquart, monumentale fresque romanesque en vingt volumes dépeignant la société française du second empire. Les dernières années de sa vie sont marquées par son engagement dans son époque, lors de l'affaire Dreyfus, dans laquelle il joue un r'le décisif par la publication du plus célèbre article de la presse française: J'Accuse.! (1898). [via]
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Boule de Suifby Guy De MaupassantISBN 2253009636 (2-253-00963-6)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boule de Suif'Book summary:253pages. poche. Poche. Boule de Suif, le conte de mon disciple dont j'ai lu ce matin les épreuves, est un chef-d' et #156;uvre, je maintiens le mot, un chef-d' et #156;uvre de composition, de comique d'observation. Paul Morand n'est pas moins enthousiaste que Flaubert: une grande nouveauté, une parfaite réussite , souligne-t-il, tout en comparant la nouvelle à l'Olympia de Manet. Issue, seule de son espèce, d'une sorte de concours littéraire lancé lors d'une des soirées de Médan, Boule de Suif fait figure non de manifeste, mais d'accomplissement. Le bonheur d'un titre, la virtuosité d'un conteur qui joue sur tous les registres -y compris le comique -servis par une plume souple et ferme à la fois, employée à peindre la cupidité aussi bien que l'amour, les préjugés ou le bonheur n'y sont pas étrangers. Mais quelle recette mystérieuse et efficace est ici à l' et #156;uvre ? Qui oubliera, héroïne déchue de La parure, cette Mathilde Loisel dont la sensualité brûle le papier ? Maupassant à son meilleur saisit dans leurs côtés cruels les réalités de la vie , non sans dégager de cet amalgame soigneux de bourgeois avides et d'humiliés perdus une poésie âcre et forte. [via]
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Boule De Suif Et Autres Nouvelles De Guerreby Guy De MaupassantISBN 2035881099 (2-03-588109-9)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Les Enfants Terriblesby Jean CocteauISBN 2253010251 (2-253-01025-1)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Enfants Terribles'Book summary:Blessé par une pierre dissimulée dans une boule de neige, Paul est condamné à garder la chambre le temps de reprendre quelques forces : il ne la quittera plus. C'est encore un enfant, mais délaissé par une mère mélancolique, il est déjà livré à lui-même, gouverné par sa fantaisie et celle de sa soeur Élisabeth ; à eux deux, ils vont transformer leur chambre en scène permanente et y jouer indéfiniment la comédie de l'enfance. Comédie à peine troublée par la mort de la mère, qui les laisse libres de leur destin, libres d'explorer sans entraves leur univers imaginaire, libres de nier le monde réel, le monde des adultes, de la raison, qui semble ne jamais devoir les rattraper.
Rédigé en dix-sept jours lors d'une cure de désintoxication, Les Enfants terribles condense le meilleur du poète touche-à-tout des Mariés de la tour Eiffel ou de La Machine infernale. Ce fascinant récit poétique est à l'image de Cocteau lui-même : léger et grave à la fois, inclassable, en un mot : magique. --Karla Manuele [via]
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Exercices De Styleby R. QueneauISBN 2070373630 (2-07-037363-0)
Softcover, Gallimard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exercices De Style'Book summary:160pages. in12. broché. Le narrateur rencontre, dans un autobus, un jeune homme au long cou, coiffé d'un chapeau orné d'une tresse au lieu de ruban. Le jeune homme échange quelques mots assez vifs avec un autre voyageur, puis va s'asseoir à une place devenue libre. Un peu plus tard, le narrateur rencontre le même jeune homme en grande conversation avec un ami qui lui conseille de faire remonter le bouton supérieur de son pardessus. Cette brève histoire est racontée quatre-vingt-dix-neuf fois, de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf manières différentes. Mise en images, portée sur la scène des cabarets, elle a connu une fortune extraordinaire. Exercices de style est un des livres les plus populaires de Queneau. [via]
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Journal du Voleurby Jean GenetISBN 2070364933 (2-07-036493-3)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journal du Voleur'Book summary:Gallimard, collection ''Folio'', 11*18 cm, 305 pages [via]
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Le Noeud De Viperesby F. MauriacISBN 2253002879 (2-253-00287-9)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Noeud De Viperes'Book summary:Résumé : Lire le résumé du livre d'occasion Le noeud de vipères de François Mauriac Un coffre-fort vide, c'est la surprise que le maître de Calèse réservait à ses héritiers, coup de théâtre préparé de longue main pour se venger d'une famille aux yeux. de qui il n'est que le possesseur détesté d'une fortune supposée énorme. Elle l'est, car ce grand avocat d'affaires et d'agi sur la place de Bordeaux a su faire fructifier son héritage et ses gains. Il a toujours tenu les siens par l'argent et entend garder jusqu'à la fin l'instrument de son pouvoir, sans souci des convoitises qui s'exaspèrent autour rie lui. Son fils Hubert ne songe-t-il pas à obtenir contre lui une mesure d'internement sous prétexte de protéger le patrimoine familial ? En écrivant à sa femme la. lettre d'explications qui devait trôner dans le coffre vide, il rit sous cape d'un rire amer. Et la lettre s'allonge, devient le récit d'une guerre commencée très vite après les noces, le jour où Louis a compris qu'il a épousé par amour Isabelle Fondaudège mais qu'elle s'est mariée avec lui par intérêt. L'intérêt, puissant ressort caché sous le voile des bons sentiments, ce roman incisif en démasque le jeu dans cette histoire d'une famille bourgeoise qui est aussi celle d'un amour meurtri. [via]
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LA Peau De Chagrinby Honore De BalzacISBN 2211087027 (2-211-08702-7)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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Poesies Completesby Francois Villon, Claude ThiryISBN 2253057029 (2-253-05702-9)
Hardcover, Livre de poche
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Le Premier Hommeby Albert CamusISBN 2070401014 (2-07-040101-4)
Softcover, Gallimard, Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Premier Homme'Book summary:Alger. Une charrette cahotée dans la nuit transporte une femme sur le point d'accoucher. Plus tard, naît le petit Jacques, celui-là même que l'on retrouve dès le second chapitre, à 40 ans. Devant la tombe de son père, visitée pour la première fois, il prend soudain conscience de l'existence de cet inconnu. Dans le bateau qui l'emporte vers sa mère à Alger, commence la brutale remontée dans cette enfance dont il n'a jamais guéri. Les souvenirs de l'école, de la rue et de la famille jaillissent, faits de soleil et d'ombre. Mais à l'ombre et à la misère, il découvre qu'il a répondu, toujours, par une "ardeur affamée", une "folie de vivre" indéfectibles malgré ce père qui lui a manqué.
Le Premier homme est le roman auquel travaillait Camus au moment de mourir. Les nombreuses notes en bas de page, hésitations ou rajouts de l'écrivain retrouvés dans son manuscrit sont un émouvant témoignage de l'oeuvre en cours. Une oeuvre ambitieuse, aux accents autobiographiques évidents, dans laquelle Camus a cherché à dire ses "raisons de vivre, de vieillir et de mourir sans révolte". Laure Anciel [via]
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Le Pur Et L'impurby ColetteISBN 2010061063 (2-01-006106-3)
Hardcover, Hachette
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Splendeurs Et Miseres Des Courtisanes: Texte Integralby Honore De BalzacISBN 2705000011 (2-7050-0001-1)
Hardcover, Garnier
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The Magic Skin/la Peau De Chagrinby Honori De Balzac, Ellen MarriageISBN 1406506605 (1-4065-0660-5)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magic Skin/la Peau De Chagrin'Book summary:By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comédie Humaine), consists of 95 finished works (stories, novels and essays) and 48 unfinished works. His stories are an attempt to comprehend and depict the realities of life in contemporary bourgeois France. They are placed in a variety of settings, with characters reappearing in multiple stories. Balzac entered the mainstream with The Magic Skin (La Peau de Chagrin) (1831), a fable-like tale delineating the excesses and vanities of contemporary life. [via]
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Vol De Nuitby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 2070360040 (2-07-036004-0)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vol De Nuit'Book summary:Les faiblesses, les abandons, les déchéances de l'homme, (...) la littérature de nos jours n'est que trop habile à les dénoncer ; mais ce surpassement de soi qu'obtient la volonté tendue, c'est là ce que nous avons surtout besoin qu'on nous montre.
André Gide note aussi dans sa préface que les courriers postaux de nuit étaient encore hasardeux en ces années trente. Les pilotes, à la fois bergers du ciel, veilleurs et messagers, font donc preuve de pugnacité, de courage, mais aussi de joie puissante face aux éléments et à l'inconnu. Entre ces hommes et leur chef Rivière, avant tout accaparé par les événements, se noue pourtant une silencieuse fraternité due peut-être à cette certitude commune : "Le bonheur n'est pas dans la liberté mais dans l'acceptation d'un devoir."
Vol de nuit est le roman qui fit connaître Saint-Exupéry et reçut le prix Femina en 1931. Plus encore que dans Courrier sud où le témoignage de ses vols se mêle à une intrigue amoureuse, Saint-Exupéry retient ici la noblesse et l'héroïsme de son personnage, conférant à son récit des allures d'épopée. --Laure Anciel [via]
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Los Infortunios De La Virtud/ The Misfortunes of Virtueby Marques de SadeISBN 8497643674 (84-9764-367-4)
Softcover, Edimat Libros
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La isla misteriosa/ The Mysterious Islandby Julio VerneISBN 8497862759 (84-9786-275-9)
Hardcover, Edimat Libros
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La isla misteriosa/ The Mysterious Island'Book summary:Aimed at young readers, this adventure-themed collection of adapted classic books will entertain youngsters with characters and storylines that seek to foster their love for reading. These classics are a great way for young readers to start building their very own library.[via]Orientado al público infantil-juvenil, esta colección de obras clásicas de aventura busca entretener a lectores jóvenes con personajes e historias que fomentarán su amor por la lectura. Estos libros clásicos son la manera perfecta para que los jóvenes empiecen su propia biblioteca.More editions of La isla misteriosa/ The Mysterious Island:
Justina / Justine: O Los Infortunios de la Virtud / Or the Misfortunes of Virtueby Marques de Sade, Isabel BrouardISBN 8437605180 (84-376-0518-0)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones
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Der Menschenfeind: Komodie in Funf Aktenby MoliereISBN 3150003946 (3-15-000394-6)
Hardcover, Reclam
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