Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife (Texts and Translations) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873527992 ISBN 13: 9780873527996

Publisher: Modern Language Association, 2002

Synopsis

This sensational novel (published in 1870 with a preface by Zola) tells of the suffering of a naive young man whose new bride will not agree to consummate the marriage.

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Review:

"Professor Rivers's work is an extraordinary and successful undertaking. Unjustly forgotten, Belot's novel is especially appealing today, given the current interest in feminism, gender studies, and queer studies. A great addition to the series." --Lawrence R. Schehr, professor of French, University of Illinois "Christopher Rivers deserves praise for his seamless and highly readable translation, which (in keeping with the spirit of the popular novel) will make this text available to a broad reading public. Rivers writes that his aim was to 'capture at once the period flavor and the vitality of the original, ' and in this he has admirably succeeded." --Annie Smart, Saint Louis University

About the Author:

Adolphe Belot (1829-90) was born in Guadeloupe, studied and practiced law in France, and became a playwright and novelist in Paris. The money he made from his many potboilers supported his extravagant lifestyle. Christopher Rivers is professor of French at Mount Holyoke College. He is author of Face Value: Physiognomical Thought and the Legible Body in Marivaux, Lavater, Balzac, Gautier, and Zola.

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Language Association
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0873527992
• ISBN 13: 9780873527996
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214