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A Love Story (Oxford World's Classics)
Emile Zola
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Description for A Love Story (Oxford World's Classics)
Paperback. A fascinating study in sexual psychology and sexual politics, the novel focuses on Helene Grandjean, a widow, and her shifting emotional states. This is the eighth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years. Editor(s): Nelson, Brian. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
'Everything revolved around their love. They were constantly bathed in a passion that they carried with them, around them, as though it were the only air they could breathe.' Hélène Grandjean, an attractive young widow, lives a secluded life in Paris with her only child, Jeanne. Jeanne is a delicate and nervous girl who jealously guards her mother's affections. When Jeanne falls ill, she is attended by Dr Deberle, whose growing admiration for Hélène gradually turns into mutual passion. Deberle's wife Juliette, meanwhile, flirts with a shallow admirer, and Hélène, intent on preventing her adultery, precipitates a crisis whose ... Read more
'Everything revolved around their love. They were constantly bathed in a passion that they carried with them, around them, as though it were the only air they could breathe.' Hélène Grandjean, an attractive young widow, lives a secluded life in Paris with her only child, Jeanne. Jeanne is a delicate and nervous girl who jealously guards her mother's affections. When Jeanne falls ill, she is attended by Dr Deberle, whose growing admiration for Hélène gradually turns into mutual passion. Deberle's wife Juliette, meanwhile, flirts with a shallow admirer, and Hélène, intent on preventing her adultery, precipitates a crisis whose ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198728641
SKU
V9780198728641
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About Emile Zola
Helen Constantine was Head of Modern Languages at Bartholomew School near Oxford before retiring from teaching in 2000. She is now a full-time translator and editor. From 2003-2012 she was co-editor of the international magazine Modern Poetry in Translation. She has published four volumes of translated stories, Paris Tales, Paris Metro Tales, French Tales, and Paris Steet Tales. Her translations ... Read more
Reviews for A Love Story (Oxford World's Classics)
A Love Story was such a joy to read... This is the type of book I would like to leisurely read while sitting in a Paris café, maybe that is how I will re-read A Love Story.
Michael Kitto, Knowledge Lost
There's so much to love and admire about this novel, which has rarely appeared in an English ... Read more
Michael Kitto, Knowledge Lost
There's so much to love and admire about this novel, which has rarely appeared in an English ... Read more