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Stendhal's self-confessed 'ramblings on his private life' offer a rare glimpse into the mind and life of a thoroughly modern writer. As he looks back on the years 1821 to 1830, Stendhal recounts a series of apparently random impressions of the political, social and artistic worlds around him. Yet far from a simple historical record, Stendhal's jottings expertly capture the very essence of human experience. From his delightful thumbnail sketches of friends and colleagues, to his lyrical remembrances of gardens and operas, and his tenderly amused descriptions of tea with prostitutes in London, Stendhal posits the mundane alongside the extraordinary to most remarkable effect. Sharply scrutinising both people and places, societies and cultures, Stendhal proves that anything and everything is of potential interest to the writer with an inquisitive mind. Alert, wry, and perpetually self-questioning, 'Memoirs of an Egotist' is the outpouring of a brilliant mind.
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'''On arriving in a town I always ask: 1. Which are the 12 prettiest women; 2. Which are the 12 richest men; 3. Which is the man who could get me hanged.'' It is hard not to like someone who could write something like that. There may be a bit of self-serving bravado in it, or it may even be no more than a delicious, bite-sized mendacity, but to read it is to be brought close alongside a character who may very well need to know the answer to (3) as a result of some appalling clash between the answers to (1) and (2). It is also a sorry reflection on our own characters. One can imagine a contemporary writer, in the same shoes, asking nothing more exciting than where the best cheap restaurant is to be found.' --The Guardian
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- ÉditeurChatto & Windus
- Date d'édition1975
- ISBN 10 0701121009
- ISBN 13 9780701121006
- ReliureRelié
- Nombre de pages160
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MEMOIRS OF AN EGOTIST ~ Souvenirs d'Egotisme. Translated With An Introduction And Notes By David Ellis
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London. 1975. Chatto & Windus.
(1975)
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Description du livre deep red hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (same date on title & copyright pg. no additional printings indicated). 160p. endnotes. autobiography. memoirs. french literature. history of paris. history of london. ~ These revealing memoirs, written in 1882 when Stendhal was 49, describe the ups and downs of his life in Paris during the previous decade while he was struggling to earn his living as a writer. They include shrewd and witty portraits of many celebrities of contemporary Parisian society and an account of a trip to London whose mixture of comedy, political insight and tenderness has long been admired. These are not the recollections of an established figure who dutifully satisfies public curiosity, but quasi~private, confidential documents in which Stendhal emulates the frankness of Rousseau's Confessions and their subtlety in self~exploration. The result is a classic of autobiographical writing. In this new translation David Ellis captures the verve and easy naturalness of the original and makes accessible habits of mind which ( as he explains in his introduction) seem to him quintessentially French. These memoirs are valuable for the fascinating information they contain about Stendhal's life and even more so for the opportunity they provide to participate in the spontaneous workings of a uniquely alert and original mind, free from conventionality and the dictates of routine. Those who know Stendhal through The Red and The Black and The Charterhouse of Parma and his other novels will welcome Memoirs of an Egotist as further proof of his literary mastery and extraordinary personal distinctiveness. For those new to him, there could be no better initiation than this quirky, eminently characteristic and entertaining book. N° de réf. du vendeur 5052001
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Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Translated by David Ellis. Multiple copies available. 160 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). N° de réf. du vendeur 162814
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