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Paris Spleen, and La Fanfarlo
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2008; US$ 12.00Paris Spleen, a diverse collection of fifty prose poems, is provided here in a clear, engaging, and accurate translation that conveys the lyricism and nuance of the original French text. Also included is a translation of Baudelaire's early novella, La Fanfarlo, which, alongside Paris Spleen, sheds light on the development of Baudelaire's work over... more...
Madame Bovary
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 6.95In his Introduction, MacKenzie discusses Flaubert's life, the writing of Madame Bovary , the world in which the novel is set, and its publication and reception. Footnotes, a bibliography, and a chronology are also provided. more...
Therese Desqueyroux
Sheed & Ward 2005; US$ 19.99François Mauriac's masterpiece and one of the greatest Catholic novels, Thérèse Desqueyroux is the haunting story of an unhappily married young woman whose desperation drives her to thoughts of murder. Mauriac paints an unforgettable portrait of spiritual isolation and despair, but he also dramatizes the complex realities of forgiveness, grace, and... more...
God and Mammon and What Was Lost
Sheed & Ward 2003; US$ 28.99Fran_ois Mauriac, winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in literature, is one of the most prominent Catholic novelists of the modern era, yet in the English speaking world he is known primarily for only one novel, 1927's ThZr_se Desqueyroux. In this new translation of two other seminal works by Mauriac, the 1930 novel What Was Lost and its theoretical basis,... more...
Germinal
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2011; US$ 8.00"Coal mines have become rare, but the miners of Germinal are immortal. This new edition of the novel, with a translation by Raymond MacKenzie, is an exquisite tribute to their work, their misery and their eventual revolt. In his introduction, David Baguley-one of the most respected authorities on the work of Zola-brilliantly illuminates... more...
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