Its preface was a trenchant attack upon bourgeois literary readers and critics who. Gautiers novel tells the story of dalberta young, handsome, and artistic gentleman of france who has a fascination with women and the feminine ideal. Mademoiselle maupin, the 17thcentury bisexual swordfighting. May 08, 2015 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Unlock this study guide now start your 48hour free trial and. I did have trouble following what was going on at times as well due to the excessive language. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies of which this is copy 33 on japanese vellum. For more than seventy years, penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the englishspeaking world. Julie daubigny has been the subject of many books and biographical works, at least one film, several plays, a ballet, numerous memes, and a french tv series. I have heard that the preface is perhaps better than the book, o.
Click get books and find your favorite books in the online library. Biographical sketches and bibliographies sharron l. Octavo, early 20thcentury threequarter brown mottled calf, raised bands, elaborately tooled spine. A romance of love and passion comedie damour series. Novel by theophile gautier, whose preface is better known than the novel itself as a manifesto of l art pour lart. Despite her girly beauty, daubigny used to dress like a tomboy, a habit she kept also later in her young adulthood years. He was a secretary to the kings horse master, the count of armagnac, a powerful and wealthy courtier. The first volume bears the date 1835, the second 1836, while the preface is dated may, 1834. Dalbert and his mistress rosette are both in love with theadore whom neither of them knows is really mlle. This page recounts what ive learned about the remarkable mlle. Overall a good book, i had to read this for a lit class of mine. The walpole press, printed for subscribers only, 1899. But shes more famousand infamousfor her offstage exploits as a notorious duellist, as a lover of powerful men and women, as a fashion icon who.
The extraordinary, rebellious life of julie daubigny, also known as mademoiselle maupin born in 1673, julie daubigny, known as mademoiselle maupin, had shown a flair for music and arts from a very young age. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It is an ineffably beautiful tableau, heady, intoxicating, dionysiac, conceived in ecstasy. Maupin, who was a firstrate swordswoman and often went about disguised as a man. Book is securely bound, faintly age toned and otherwise free of blemishes and markings. The first volume bears the date 1835, the second 1836, while the preface is dated. It is loosely based on the life of an extraordinary french woman julie daubigny. Thick quarto, early 20thcentury threequarter brown pebbled calf gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut and partially unopened. The preface contains a lengthy essay on the subject which is the seminal document of the aesthete school of romanticism. Actually the first statements on the autonomy of art and supremacy of beauty can be traced back to. Octavo, early 20thcentury threequarter brown mottled calf, raised bands, elaborately tooled spine, webpatterned boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. The plot of the book, revolves around a romantic triangle. In 1834, theophile gautier published his first novel. It is there in which the author discusses art for arts sake, arguing that everything useful is ugly.
Cover and unclipped dust jacket still showing original gbp 6s net price are generally clean. Mademoiselle maupin, the 17thcentury bisexual sword. Create free account to access unlimited books, fast download and ads free. It can though sometimes drone on as the language can be overly superfluous. The preface may be the most important part, actually. The book used to have a reputation of a shocking dirty french novel, though, many consider, there is not a hint of vulgarity even in a sexual scene. In addition to a highly controversial preface, which has become a parnassian profession of faith, this novel expands the reach of his style and talent. About the author theophile gautier 181172, french painter, poet, novelist, and critic, was a leading exponent of art for arts sake, preparing the way for the. The books in this collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.
Covers ruled in gilt, spines lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. The book was first published in 1835 the book set in perpetua type and printed by photolithography. The preface contains a lengthy essay on the subject which is the seminal document. To be beautiful, handsome, means that you possess a power which makes all smile upon and welcome you. Yet i have read more than one novel, dating as far back as the 1800s, featuring.
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