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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Marilyn S Severson |
ISBN: | 0313314845 9780313314841 |
OCLC Number: | 52728032 |
Description: | xiii, 186 pages ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | The Stranger / Albert Camus -- The plague / Albert Camus -- The Three Musketeers / Alexandre Dumas -- Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert -- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame / Victor Hugo -- Les Misérables / Victor Hugo -- The Little Prince / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. |
Series Title: | Greenwood introduces literary masterpieces. |
Responsibility: | Marilyn S. Severson. |
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"This is an eclectic guide to eight 19th- and 20th-century French novels chosen for being widely considered timeless masterpieces in France and beyond....Students and general readers seeking a thorough understanding of these influential novels will benefit greatly from this outstanding guide. Highly recommended." - Library Journal, Starred Review [M]asterpieces of French Literature is intended as a supplementary guide to aid comprehension and exploration, and not as a substitute for reading the work, nor is it the mechanical dissection and parsing of a Cliff's Notes - the essays here flow with far more depth, insight, and curiosity. Highly recommended for literature and literary studies shelves. - Internet Bookwatch/Midwest Book Review Read more...


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