The Diary of a Chambermaid - Couverture souple

Mirbeau, Octave

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0946626820 ISBN 13 : 9780946626823

Editeur : Dedalus Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

Physical description; 315 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; Translation originally published: London: Grafton, 1966. Subject; French fiction

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"I am no saint; I have known many men, and I know, by experience, all the madness, all the vileness, of which they are capable. But a man like Monsiuer?" –– from THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID

The famous anarchist and art critic Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917) inspired not one but two films (from Jean Renoir and Louis Bunuel) with his often forgotten classic THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID. Telling the scandalous story of Celestine R., a fisherman's daughter with a taste for men, Mirbeau reveals that "when one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay."

The Naughty French Novel Series is comprised of great poets and writers of the past who, as the French are wont to do, tried their hand at erotic fiction and in turn created classics in the genre. Series editor John Baxter, the author of WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS, will contribute an introductory essay to each book, detaiing the lives of the authors, the social mores of the times, and the publication histories of each book.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Diary of a Chambermaid was written as a satire of Parisian society in the wake of the Dreyfus Affair.Mirbeau brings a journalist's analytical eye to Celestine's adventures as she loses her innocence and becomes as corrupt and depraved as the men who exploited her. Since its publication in 1900 it has never ceased to shock and fascinate its readers and has been made into a film by Jean Renoir in 1946 and Luis Bunuel in 1964.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dedalus Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0946626820
• ISBN 13: 9780946626823
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 322