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None. Very Good. A smart copy of Octave Feuillet's most popular novel, which has been adapted for film multiple times. A new edition, part of the publisher's 'Oeuvres Completes d'Octave Feuillet' series. Published in the year after the first edition was released. In a smart half calf binding with gilt lettering to the spine. 'Le Roman d'un Jeune Homme Pauvre' tells the story of a ruined aristocrat named Maxime Odiot, who accepts a place of steward with the rich Laroque d'Arz family, and decides to pursue the family's heiress, Marguerite. This work is widely regarded as Octave Feuillet's best novel, and has been adapted for film multiple times. Octave Feuillet was a notable French novelist and dramatist of the nineteenth century. He is known for his 'distinguished and lucid portraiture of life'. With the previous owner's ink signature to the half title page. In half calf binding. Externally, smart with some rubbing to the extremities. Some marks to the front board. Small amount of loss to the lower spine. The front hinge is starting but still very firm. Some offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Spotting throughout, heavier towards the front and rear. Pages age-toned to the edges. Previous owner's ink signature to the half title. Very Good.