| Cosmopolis by Paul Bourget, Fiction, Classics Contributor(s): Bourget, Paul (Author), Lemaitre, Jules (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1592245374 ISBN-13: 9781592245376 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.46" W x 9.24" (1.37 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In fiction, Bourget carries realistic observation beyond the externals (which fixed the attention of Zola and Maupassant) to states of the mind: he unites the method of Stendhal to that of Balzac. He is always interesting and amusing. He takes himself seriously and persists in regarding the art of writing fiction as a science. He has wit, humor, charm, and lightness of touch, and ardently strives after philosophy and intellectuality -- qualities that are rarely found in fiction. It may well be said of M. Bourget that he is innocent of the creation of a single stupid character. The men and women we read of in Bourget's novels are so intellectual that their wills never interfere with their hearts. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bourget, Paul: - "Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (1852 - 1935) was a French novelist and critic. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Between 1872 and 1873, he produced a volume of verse, Au Bord de la Mer, which was followed by others, the last, Les Aveux, appearing in 1882. Meanwhile, he was making a name in literary journalism and in 1883 he published Essais de Psychologie Contemporaine, studies of eminent writers first printed in the Nouvelle Revue and now brought together. In 1884 Bourget paid a long visit to Britain, where he wrote his first published story (L'Irréparable). Cruelle Enigme followed in 1885; then André Cornelis (1886) and Mensonges (1887) - inspired by Octave Mirbeau's life - were received with much favor." |