Germinie Lacerteux - Softcover

De Goncourt, Edmond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438573588 ISBN 13: 9781438573588

Publisher: Book Jungle, 2010

Synopsis

Jules de Goncourt (1830 -1870) was a French writer. First published in 1864 Germinie Lacerteux is the best-known novel of Les Frères Goncourt. It is a story based on the life of one of their servants. She served them faithfully for years and was; they learned later, leading a double life of vice and debauchery that ended miserably with her death in a poorhouse. From the introduction, "the public loves to read pleasant, soothing stories, adventures that end happily, imaginative works that disturb neither its digestion nor its peace of mind: this book furnishes entertainment of a melancholy, violent sort calculated to disarrange the habits and injure the health of the public."

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About the Author

EDMOND DE GONCOURT (1822-1896) and JULES DE GONCOURT (1830-1870) spent the majority of their lives in Paris. Having attended the finest schools, the Goncourts formed one of the most famous literary partnerships. After an unsuccessful novel and some attempts at drama, they began publishing books on various aspects of art and society in eighteenth-century France. Between 1860 and 1869 the brothers published six novels which they described as ""history which might have taken place"" and which were as carefully documented as their historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438573588
• ISBN 13: 9781438573588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224