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Köp båda 2 för 647 krThis superb new translation by Alan J. Singerman, one of the foremost specialists on Abb Prvost, constitutes the first scholarly edition in English of Histoire dune Grecque moderne. This remarkable novelan early, paradigmatic example of unreliable first-person narration, one of the greatest novels ever written on the theme of jealousy, and an outstanding example of eighteenth-century Orientalismwill appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. Singerman's introduction and notes are models of erudite scholarship and critical lucidity. Guillaume Ansart,Indiana University At one time a Benedictine monk, Antoine-Franois Prvost (16971763) was a man of dubious morality fascinated by scandal and the struggle between virtue and desire. As a novelist, he wrote about enigmatic historical and fictional characters, exploring their hypocrisy, madness, and disgrace. His Histoire dune Grecque moderne (1740), based on the actual experiences of a French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 18th century, may not be as well known as his sentimental novel Manon Lescaut (1731), but it is nevertheless a classic literary masterpiece that well deserves this outstanding new translation. . . . [This] is the first accurate, single-volume translation and critical edition of the novel. Singerman provides a fascinating introduction, extensive footnotes, and a highly reliable English rendering of Prvosts powerful narrative, which is clearly far more than just a roman clef. Summing up: Essential. C. B. Kerr Choice
Alan J. Singerman is Richardson Professor Emeritus of French at Davidson College.
Contents Foreword by Jean Sgard Acknowledgments Introduction The Greek Girls Story Book One Book Two Appendix 1: Contemporary Source Texts for The Greek Girls Story Appendix 2: Life and Works of the Abb Prvost Notes Works Consulted