The Diary of a Chambermaid

Informationen zum Autor Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) was a French playwright, journalist, novelist, and staunch supporter of the anarchist cause in France. His work was influenced by many, especially Molière and Dostoyevsky. He was also a lover of art and was one of the earliest supporters of Van Gogh, Pissarro, and Rodin. Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) was a French poet, playwright, and novelist. He was born in Paris to a well-to-do family and turned to writing after first studying to be a doctor. Influenced by Lord Byron and Shakespeare, he fraternized with many great French writers such as Victor Hugo. He died in 1857 of a heart malfunction. Klappentext A “flip book” featuring two classic novels of sexual exploration, translated from the French by John Baxter: The Diary of a Chambermaid and Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess, classic erotic tales of pleasure and excess. Zusammenfassung “[John Baxter is] a man with a great appreciation of what makes Paris tick.” — Newsday A “flip book” featuring two classic novels of sexual exploration! translated from French by John Baxter ( Immoveable Feast! We’ll Always Have Paris ): Octave Mirbeau’s The Diary of a Chambermaid and Alfred de Musset’s Gamiani! or Two Nights of Excess ! classic erotic tales of pleasure and excess.

Product details

• Authors: Alfred De Musset, De Musset Alfred, Octave Mirbeau, Octave/ De Musset Mirbeau, Mirbeau Octave
• Assisted by: John Baxter (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 13.04.2010
• EAN: 9780061965333
• ISBN: 978-0-06-196533-3
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 181 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Erotica / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Diaries & Journals, FICTION: World Literature / Europe (General), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / French, FICTION: World Literature / France / General, FICTION: Romance / Erotic, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century