The life of Thophile Gautier is of peculiar interest to men of letters, especially to that large proportion of them who, like Thophile, are "polygraphes." Our ancestors more briefly termed them "hacks," and, since Dr. Johnson, or, at least, since Southey, there has been no hack so distinguished as Thophile. His Pegasus was early broken into harness, and his biographer, Maxime du Camp, like himself, is constantly regretting this bondage. Gautier's biography and his confessions prove that he was a born student. He had the ...
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The life of Thophile Gautier is of peculiar interest to men of letters, especially to that large proportion of them who, like Thophile, are "polygraphes." Our ancestors more briefly termed them "hacks," and, since Dr. Johnson, or, at least, since Southey, there has been no hack so distinguished as Thophile. His Pegasus was early broken into harness, and his biographer, Maxime du Camp, like himself, is constantly regretting this bondage. Gautier's biography and his confessions prove that he was a born student. He had the love of printed matter, he had a memory - as proved by his recital of a long poem of Hugo's only once read, which rivalled that of Scott.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
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Translated by J. E. Gordon. Preface by Anderw Lang. With Portrait. Binding coming loose slightly. Pages uncut. Small amount of pencil markings in text. Hardback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, in fair to good all-round condition, no dust jacket, 231pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN:
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Reader copy. Ex-library hardback, no D/J, usual stamps and markings. Boards a little grubby, small marks to a couple of pages but otherwise a good, clean copy. Ready for immediate dispatch from UK. 25C*