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1	The Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples more books like this by Shirley Hazzard, Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair with the city. "The Ancient Shore" collects the best of Hazzard's writings on Naples, along with a classic "New Yorker" essay by her late husband, Francis Steegmuller. For the ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $9.17! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Le hibou et la poussiquette. by Edward Lear, Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! signed copies \| first editions
3	Cocteau more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist The contradictions and paradoxes of Jean Cocteau, poet, novelist, playwright, and film-maker, can be called a deliberate scandal. The generosity and the egomania, the poise and the anguish of an opium-addicted homosexual, a man who knew everyone that mattered in the arts, and who climaxed an avant-garde life by entering, without seeming ... see all copies from $2.00! first editions
4	Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (Editor) add to wishlist At once a classic of travel literature and a penetrating portrait of a 'sensibility on tour', Flaubert in Egypt wonderfully captures the young writer's impressions during his 1849 voyages. Using diaries, letters, travel notes, and the evidence of Flaubert's travelling companion, Maxime Du Camp, Francis Steegmuller reconstructs his journey through ... see all copies from $4.49! new only from $7.50! \| first editions
5	Apollinaire: Poet Among the Painters more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Flaubert and Madame Bovary: A Double Portrait more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist Francis Steegmuller's beautifully executed double portrait of Madame Bovary and her maker is a remarkable and unusual biographical study, a sensitive and detailed account of how an unpromising young man turns himself into one of the world's greatest novelists. Steegmuller starts with the young Flaubert, prone to mysterious fits, hypochondriacal, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Cocteau: A Biography more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $2.80! new only from $79.75! \| first editions
8	Flaubert in Egypt more books like this by Francis Steegmuller (Editor) add to wishlist A classic of travel literature and a penetrating portrait of a sensibility on tour, FLAUBERT IN EGYPT captures the young writer's impressions during his 1849 voyages. see all copies from $5.94! first editions
9	Jean Cocteaumirror and Mask more books like this by Francis Steegmuller, Julie Saul (Introduction by) add to wishlist Jean Cocteau was photographed everywhere, by everyone. Here he is captured by all the masters, from Beaton to Doisneau to Man Ray. These 78 arresting images, printed in fine-line duotone, accompany essays by Steegmuller, on Cocteau's place among artists, and by Saul, on his role in photography. see all copies from $3.61! new only from $19.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	A Woman Mannd Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame D'Epinay and the ABBE Galiani more books like this by Francis Steegmuller, E Sifton (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
11	Silence at Salerno: A Comedy of Intrigue by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Flaubert - Sand : the correspondence more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, George Sand add to wishlist Translated, this correspondence, from 1863-76, is unique in the history of French literature. Never have two great writers set down their ideas so candidly and over so long a period on the most varied topics, including the genesis of their own writings, a commentary on the Paris theatre, gossip from the literary world and their own domestic lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.50! \| first editions
13	The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857: Francis Steegmuller, Sel., Ed., and Tr. more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (Editor) add to wishlist Flaubert wrote to his mistress, Louise Colet: "An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere." In his books, Flaubert sought to observe that principle; but in his many impassioned letters he allowed his feelings to overflow, revealing himself in all of his human complexity. Sensuous, witty, exalted, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	Stories and true stories more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
15	The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1857-1880: Francis Steegmuller, Sel., Ed., and Tr. more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (Editor) add to wishlist Following Flaubert from age 36 to his death, this selection of his wonderfully frank and witty letters includes many to his mistress, Louise Colet, and sheds light on Flaubert's own work and his opinion of the work of his contemporaries. see all copies from $2.41! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
16	The Blue Harpsichord more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
17	The letters of Gustave Flaubert 1830-1857 more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $10.50! first editions
18	The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1857-1880 more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
19	Flaubert and Madame Bovart: A Double Portrait more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $4.45!
20	A Woman, a Man, and Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame D'Epinay and the Abbe Galiani more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist The story of the friendship between Madame d'Epinay, a high-spirited intelligent Frenchwoman, and the Abbe Galiani, a diminutive and brilliant Neapolitan, this book presents a portrait of a golden age in European history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
21	Maupassant: A Lion in the Path more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist The First Complete And Definitive Biography Of Guy De Maupassant, From His Happy Childhood In Normandy To His Tragic Death In A Madhouse. see all copies from $5.32! new only from $26.04! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Selected Essays more books like this by Francis Steegmuller (Editor), Charles-Augusti Sainte-Beuve, Norbert Guterman (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $26.35! first editions
23	The letters of Gustave Flaubert : 1830-1880 more books like this by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist Any reader should find here something of interest in Gustave Flaubert's letters, whether it be the intimate revelations of an original mind, the rich portrait of a time and place or the linguistic and stylistic brilliance of a great writer. The reader learns of the young Flaubert, unhappy at school, tormented as a lover. We travel with him to the ... see all copies from $40.00!
24	The Grand Mademoiselle. more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
25	The two lives of James Jackson Jarves. more books like this by Francis Steegmuller add to wishlist see all copies from $5.23! first editions \| SVS

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