About the Book

“[John Baxter is] a man with a great appreciation of what makes Paris tick.”
— Newsday

A “flip book” featuring two classic novels of sexual exploration, translated from French by John Baxter (Immoveable Feast, We’ll Always Have Paris): Octave Mirbeau’s The Diary of a Chambermaid and Alfred de Musset’s Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess, classic erotic tales of pleasure and excess.

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780061965333
• ISBN 10: 0061965332
• Imprint: Harper Perennial
• On Sale: 04/13/2010
• Pages: 512
• List Price:21.00 CAD
• BISAC1 : FICTION: World Literature / France / General
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Contemporary Women
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Romance / Erotica
• BISAC4 : FICTION / Erotica / General

Octave Mirbeau

Biography

Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) was a French playwright, journalist, novelist, and staunch supporter of the anarchist cause in France. His work was influenced by many, especially Molière and Dostoyevsky. He was also a lover of art and was one of the earliest supporters of Van Gogh, Pissarro, and Rodin.

Alfred de Musset

Biography

Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) was a French poet, playwright, and novelist. He was born in Paris to a well-to-do family and turned to writing after first studying to be a doctor. Influenced by Lord Byron and Shakespeare, he fraternized with many great French writers such as Victor Hugo. He died in 1857 of a heart malfunction.

Other Works by Alfred de Musset

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  The Diary of a Chambermaid/Gamiani

  By Alfred de Musset

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  Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess

  By Alfred de Musset