Paul and Virginia - Softcover

Bernardin, Jacques-Henri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0720612314 ISBN 13: 9780720612318

Publisher: Peter Owen, 2005

Synopsis

First published in 1788, this is the classic of naïve love that inspired the film The Blue Lagoon

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Review:

It made the world weep . . . Bernardin has created an authentic myth. --Peter Ackroyd, Sunday Times

Brought tears to the eyes of both sexes through many generations. --Observer

The most widely read of French novels . . . one of the great romances of literature . . . the translation by John Donovan is also a work of art; and his introduction a valuable piece of scholarship and appreciation. This is indeed a classic edition. --Irish Times

Synopsis:

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's only novel is a classic of naive love. First published in 1788 to wide acclaim, it subsequently appeared in hundreds of editions throughout the world and influenced a generation of French writers, from George Sand and Lamartine to Balzac and Flaubert. In modern times it has inspired movies such as The Blue Lagoon, major musicals, artworks, a hit song by Celine Dion and even a chain of luxury hotels on Mauritius! Bernardin was inspired by his friend Rousseau to tell the story of two children who grow up entirely according to nature's laws, on a paradise island, free from the corrupting influence of the world. They reach adolescence and fall in love, but tragedy strikes and both die untimely deaths. A key text in the development of the novel, Paul and Virginia is a must for anyone interested in the history of European literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Owen
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0720612314
• ISBN 13: 9780720612318
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148