Germana

by Edmond About

Edmond About (1828 - 1885), fue un escritor, dramaturgo, miembro de la Academia Francesa, critico de arte y periodista anticlerical frances. Edmond creo situaciones imaginarias en las que trato la inmortalidad a traves del progreso cientifico. En varias de sus obras fue comico y a la vez polemico, a causa de su afan por divertir a sus lectores y hacer reir a la gente. Esta considerado como uno de los clasicos franceses del siglo XIX.

Genres: France

248 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2007

About the author

Edmond François Valentin About was a French novelist, publicist and journalist. His book on Greece, La Grèce contemporaine (1855) was an immediate success. In Tolla (1855), About was charged with drawing too freely on an earlier Italian novel, Vittoria Savelli (1841). This aroused prejudice against him, and he was the object of numerous attacks. The Lettres d'un Bon Jeune Homme, written to the Figaro under the signature of "Valentin de Quevilly", provoked more animosities. During the next few years, he wrote novels, stories, a play (which failed), a book-pamphlet on the Roman question, many pamphlets on other subjects of the day, innumerable newspaper articles, some art criticisms, rejoinders to the attacks of his enemies, and popular manuals of political economy, L'A B C du travailleur (1868), Le progrès (1864). His more serious novels include Madelon (1863), L'Infâme (1867), the three that form the trilogy of the Vieille Roche (1866), and Le roman d'un brave homme (1880) - a kind of counterblast to the view of the French workman presented in Zola's Assommoir. He is best remembered as a farceur, for the books Le nez d'un notaire (1862); Le roi des montagnes (1856); L'homme à l'oreille cassée (1862); Trente et quarante (1858); Le cas de M. Guérin (1862).

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this in Spanish, which might have impacted my understanding at times, but I still enjoyed the story. Any classic "Sick Girl Triumphs!" story is good for me (see also: Heidi).