Confession Of A Child Of The Century

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780141391854
  • 30 mei 2013
  • 320 pagina's
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Alfred De Musset

Alfred de Musset (1810–1857) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist and, from 1833 to 1835, the lover of the novelist George Sand.

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Offering a vivid, opulent portrayal of obsession and despair, this title is also a philosophical portrait of a man and his times, expressing the failed idealism of the Romantic generation of the early nineteenth century. It presents a honest, passionate account of a young man's rite of passage.



Recently made into a film starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pete Doherty and Lily Cole, this French novel of love and betrayal is now available in a new English translation for the first time in over a hundred years.

Inspired by his scandalous real-life affair with the flamboyant woman who called herself George Sand, Alfred de Musset's Confession is a searingly honest, passionate account of a young man's rite of passage. It tells the story of Octave, desperate to be more than an 'average man', who searches for happiness first as a debauched libertine, until his mistress Elise is unfaithful, and then in an austere life in the countryside, where he falls in love with the selfless Brigitte. But as he becomes consumed by insane jealousy and convinced that Brigitte will betray him, Octave brings about his own destruction. A vivid, opulent portrayal of obsession and despair, this is also a philosophical portrait of a man and his times, expressing the failed idealism of the Romantic generation of the early nineteenth century.

David Coward's vibrant translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing de Musset's affair with Sand and his work's place in the confessional genre. This edition contains a chronology, notes and further reading.

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Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
30 mei 2013
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320
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Hoofdauteur
Alfred De Musset
Tweede Auteur
Alfred De Musset
Hoofdredacteur
The Perfect Library
Hoofduitgeverij
Penguin Classics

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Eerste Vertaler
David Coward

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Product breedte
129 mm
Product hoogte
18 mm
Product lengte
198 mm
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Verpakking breedte
126 mm
Verpakking hoogte
22 mm
Verpakking lengte
198 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
235 g

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Periode
ca. 1800-1910
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