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Humeur passagère (L')

by W. Somerset Maugham

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Recueil de portraits et d''essais qui sous la plume d''un autre que l''auteur du Fil du rasoir et de La Comédienne auraient pu s''avérer fastidieux, L''Humeur passagère tient tout au contraire d''une conversation de salon à l''heure du five o''cl... Read more
Recueil de portraits et d''essais qui sous la plume d''un autre que l''auteur du Fil du rasoir et de La Comédienne auraient pu s''avérer fastidieux, L''Humeur passagère tient tout au contraire d''une conversation de salon à l''heure du five o''clock tea avec un vieux gentleman plein d''esprit et de cet humour anglais qui sait dissimuler l''érudition sous la causticité du style.Qu''il s''agisse de l''histoire vraie du héros d''un snobisme en voie d''extinction, de Zurbaran, de Kant ou du roman policier, Maugham conserve une clarté dans l''expression qui en fait un guide culturel à nul autre semblable.À ce recueil s''ajoute son texte sur << L''Art de la Nouvelle >> où l''on lira notamment d''admirables pages sur celui qui fut son modèle : Anton Tchekov, ainsi que sur Maupassant, Katherine Mansfield et Henry James. Less

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File size8.75 X 6.35 X 0.68 in
PublisherLes Belles Lettres
Publication date May 24, 2011
LanguageFrench
ISBN9782251200132
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W. Somerset Maugham
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William Somerset Maugham CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highe...

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