The Wicker Work Woman
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Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/aged pages consistent with antiquarian volume. Markings: Some faint inscriptions visible on the left-hand page; previous owner markings possible. Binding condition: Binding appears intact; hardcover boards visible. Stickers/labels: None visible. The Minerva Edition title page is intact and legible.
A satirical masterpiece of French literature, The Wicker Work Woman is the second volume in Anatole France's celebrated Histoire Contemporaine series, translated here by M.P. Willcock for the Minerva Edition. Set against the turbulent political backdrop of late nineteenth-century France, the novel chronicles the misadventures of the provincial philosopher Monsieur Bergeret, whose tranquil scholarly life is upended by a domestic scandal involving his unfaithful wife. France wields his signature irony and gentle wit to illuminate the absurdities of bourgeois provincial society, skewering political fanaticism, clerical hypocrisy, and human vanity with elegant precision. A cornerstone of French literary realism, this work stands as a brilliant and enduring portrait of an era defined by the Dreyfus Affair and the clash between tradition and modernity.
The Wicker Work Woman
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/aged pages consistent with antiquarian volume. Markings: Some faint inscriptions visible on the left-hand page; previous owner markings possible. Binding condition: Binding appears intact; hardcover boards visible. Stickers/labels: None visible. The Minerva Edition title page is intact and legible.
A satirical masterpiece of French literature, The Wicker Work Woman is the second volume in Anatole France's celebrated Histoire Contemporaine series, translated here by M.P. Willcock for the Minerva Edition. Set against the turbulent political backdrop of late nineteenth-century France, the novel chronicles the misadventures of the provincial philosopher Monsieur Bergeret, whose tranquil scholarly life is upended by a domestic scandal involving his unfaithful wife. France wields his signature irony and gentle wit to illuminate the absurdities of bourgeois provincial society, skewering political fanaticism, clerical hypocrisy, and human vanity with elegant precision. A cornerstone of French literary realism, this work stands as a brilliant and enduring portrait of an era defined by the Dreyfus Affair and the clash between tradition and modernity.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/aged pages consistent with antiquarian volume. Markings: Some faint inscriptions visible on the left-hand page; previous owner markings possible. Binding condition: Binding appears intact; hardcover boards visible. Stickers/labels: None visible. The Minerva Edition title page is intact and legible.
A satirical masterpiece of French literature, The Wicker Work Woman is the second volume in Anatole France's celebrated Histoire Contemporaine series, translated here by M.P. Willcock for the Minerva Edition. Set against the turbulent political backdrop of late nineteenth-century France, the novel chronicles the misadventures of the provincial philosopher Monsieur Bergeret, whose tranquil scholarly life is upended by a domestic scandal involving his unfaithful wife. France wields his signature irony and gentle wit to illuminate the absurdities of bourgeois provincial society, skewering political fanaticism, clerical hypocrisy, and human vanity with elegant precision. A cornerstone of French literary realism, this work stands as a brilliant and enduring portrait of an era defined by the Dreyfus Affair and the clash between tradition and modernity.
