The Red Lily, Complete Contributor(s): France, Anatole (Author), Anatole, France (Author), Anatole France (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594629625 ISBN-13: 9781594629624 Publisher: Book Jungle OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: The son of a bookseller, he spent most of his life around books. His father's bookstore was called the Librairie de France and from this name Jacques Anatole Franois Thibault took his nom-de plume. Anatole France studied at the Collge Stanislaus and after graduation he helped his father by working at his bookstore. After several years he secured the position of a cataloguer at Bacheline-Deflorenne and at Lemerre, and in 1876 he was appointed a librarian for the French Senate. Ironic, skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was elected to the French Academy in 1896 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921."The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread." |
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Physical Information: 0.63" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (1.14 lbs) 300 pages |
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Publisher Description: The son of a bookseller, he spent most of his life around books. His father's bookstore was called the Librairie de France and from this name Jacques Anatole Fran ois Thibault took his nom-de plume. Anatole France studied at the Coll ge Stanislaus and after graduation he helped his father by working at his bookstore. After several years he secured the position of a cataloguer at Bacheline-Deflorenne and at Lemerre, and in 1876 he was appointed a librarian for the French Senate. Ironic, skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was elected to the French Academy in 1896 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921."The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread." |