The Devil's Pool - Couverture souple

Sand, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1445508036 ISBN 13 : 9781445508030

Editeur : Read Books, 2010

Synopsis

Originally published in 1901, this early translation of the French writer, George Sand, is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Set in the region of Berry, France, Sand depicts a way of pre-industrial rural life that was soon to change. Charting the fortune of Germain, a 28 year old widower, Sand provides the reader with a glimpse into the traditions of rural France in a style not dissimilar to that of Thomas Hardy. Sand's novella is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read for any social historian today. A lively text and a well-developed plot make this a thoroughly enjoyable read. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

George Sand is the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, a 19th century French novelist. Sand is best known for her memoir A Winter in Majorca, in which she reflects on her time on the island with Chopin in 1838-39. Sand was an early socialist who published her own newspaper using a workers' co-operative and spurned gender standards by wearing men's clothing and smoking tobacco in public. George Sand died in France in 1876.

Revue de presse

'Early deaths and endemic poverty are treated here as part of natural life; and natural life, with its indomitable, instinctive force for continuity, is what she is celebrating...it seems to me a book...worth reading more than once. --Victoria Glendinning

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1445508036
• ISBN 13: 9781445508030
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 194
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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