September Roses. Letters to a Stranger. Violets on Wednesdays.
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André Maurois (1885–1967) was a classic of 20th-century French literature, a novelist and essayist, the author of renowned novelized biographies, and an undisputed master of psychological prose. This edition includes two of his celebrated novels and a collection of remarkable short stories.
The hero of the novel "September Roses" is the aging but highly successful writer Guillaume Fontaine, whose books are read throughout France. In his life, beautifully orchestrated by his caring and jealous wife, everything is going as usual, but he lacks a miracle—the miracle of love, thanks to which the autumn of life will once again become spring and the roses will bloom in September...
"Letters to an Unknown Woman" is one of André Maurois's most famous books. Its hero's endless monologue is addressed to an unnamed beauty he briefly glimpsed at the theater. This enigmatic lady is infinitely receptive to his wisdom and subtle observations and will likely learn much from listening to his reflections on feminine nature, feminine tenderness and coquetry, on separations, encounters, life, and love.
The collection "Violets on Wednesdays" includes Maurois's short stories from various years—true masterpieces of short fiction, tinged with lyricism and subtle irony. In these texts, worthy of continuing the brilliant tradition of Balzac, Stendhal, and Maupassant, the ending is always unexpected, the insightful judgments are sublime, and the human soul is revealed as a simple yet wondrous, even exotic, flower.
The hero of the novel "September Roses" is the aging but highly successful writer Guillaume Fontaine, whose books are read throughout France. In his life, beautifully orchestrated by his caring and jealous wife, everything is going as usual, but he lacks a miracle—the miracle of love, thanks to which the autumn of life will once again become spring and the roses will bloom in September...
"Letters to an Unknown Woman" is one of André Maurois's most famous books. Its hero's endless monologue is addressed to an unnamed beauty he briefly glimpsed at the theater. This enigmatic lady is infinitely receptive to his wisdom and subtle observations and will likely learn much from listening to his reflections on feminine nature, feminine tenderness and coquetry, on separations, encounters, life, and love.
The collection "Violets on Wednesdays" includes Maurois's short stories from various years—true masterpieces of short fiction, tinged with lyricism and subtle irony. In these texts, worthy of continuing the brilliant tradition of Balzac, Stendhal, and Maupassant, the ending is always unexpected, the insightful judgments are sublime, and the human soul is revealed as a simple yet wondrous, even exotic, flower.
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