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The satirical novel Queen Houndstooth's Tavern was first published in 1892. Its author, the world-famous writer, Nobel laureate in literature Anatole France (1844–1924), appears before readers as a sophisticated philosopher who sharply criticizes the surrounding reality and monitors the moral decline of people, whom he nevertheless accepts with all their weaknesses and vices. The text is published in translation by Nadezhda Mikhailovna Zharkova. The book is decorated with elegant drawings by the English artist and book illustrator Frank Cheyne Pape (1878–1972).
The satirical novel “The Inn of Queen Goosefoot” by Anatole France was first published in 1892, two years after the publication of his novel “Thais”. France had yet to become a member of the French Academy, write his famous novels “The Gods Thirst” and “Rise of the Angels” and receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921. France's love for books, reading and literature began in childhood, because the father of the future writer was the owner of a bookstore. It is not surprising that already in his youth Anatole became one of the participants in the Parnassian school - a circle of young writers and poets who rallied around Théophile Gautier. In the late 70s of the 1881th century, Anatole France became the leading literary critic of the newspaper Le Temp. However, he was able to seriously engage in literary creativity only after receiving the position of deputy director of the library of the French Senate. France's first fame came from the novel he published in 1878, The Crime of Sylvester Bonnard. It was a witty satire on the sanctimonious virtue that succumbs to frivolity and kindness. The novel “The Tavern of Queen Goosefeet” was written in approximately the same ironic vein. In this work, as in many subsequent ones, France demonstrates his enormous erudition and ability to subtly understand human psychology. The main character of this work, Abbot Jerome Coignard, tries to lead a pious life, but falls into sin and justifies his “fall” by the fact that it increases humility in him. The book is decorated with drawings by the English artist Frank Cheyne Pape. They are distinguished by special sophistication and sophistication. The future illustrator was born in London in XNUMX into the family of a financier. Frank received his artistic education at the School of Fine Arts, which was opened in the mid-XNUMXth century in London by philanthropist Felix Slade. Within its walls, Pape learned to masterly use gouache, watercolor, pen and ink. Already at the beginning of the twentieth century, various publishing houses began to publish his drawings. Frank successfully illustrated for publications of Homer, Suetonius, Rabelais, Spenser, Sabatini, Defoe and other famous writers. However, it was his drawings for the works of Anatole France that brought him the greatest fame, including his novels “Thais”, “Rise of the Angels”, “Penguin Island” and “The Tavern of Queen Houndstooth”. Frank Pape lived a long life, reaching his ninth decade. Towards the end of his career, he illustrated the tales of “A Thousand and One Nights” and the next re-release of “Robinson Crusoe”.
See also:
- All books of the publisher SZKEO
- All books by the author
- All books in the series World Literature Library
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| ISBNs | 978-5-9603-1010-9 |
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| The weight | 0,44 kg |
| Size | 170 × 240 mm |
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