The Madman Of Bergerac

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698194113

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The Madman of Bergerac by Georges Simenon Pdf

“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian A tense, unforgettable Inspector Maigret mystery from Georges Simenon “He recalled his travelling companion’s agitated sleep—was it really sleep?—his sighs, and his sobbing. Then the two dangling legs, the patent-leather shoes and hand-knitted socks . . . An insipid face. Glazed eyes. And Maigret was not surprised to see a grey beard eating into his cheeks.” A distressed passenger leaps off a night train and vanishes into the woods. Maigret, on his way to a well-earned break in the Dordogne, is soon plunged into the pursuit of a madman, hiding amongst the seemingly respectable citizens of Bergerac.

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0143111965

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The Madman of Bergerac by Georges Simenon Pdf

After being wounded while following a man who had mysteriously jumped off a train, Inspector Maigret becomes caught up in an investigtion in a provincial French town terrorized by a maniacal murderer. Original.

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : French literature
ISBN : NWU:35556017621517

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Le fou de Bergerac by Georges Simenon Pdf

Author : Barry Forshaw
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405383875

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The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction by Barry Forshaw Pdf

The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction takes the reader on a guided tour of the mean streets and blind corners that make up the world’s most popular literary genre. The insider’s book recommends over 200 classic crime novels from masterminds Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith to modern hotshots James Elroy and Patricia Cornwall. You’ll investigate gumshoes, spies, spooks, serial killers, forensic females, prying priests and patsies from the past, present, and future. Complete with extra information on what to read next, all movie adaptions, and illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams ...all the evidence that counts

Author : Barry Forshaw
Publisher : Oldcastle Books Ltd
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780857305145

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Simenon by Barry Forshaw Pdf

The legendary Georges Simenon was the most successful and influential writer of crime fiction in a language other than English; André Gide called him 'the greatest French novelist of our times'. Celebrated crime fiction expert Barry Forshaw's informed and lively study draws together Simenon's extraordinary life and his work on both page and screen. By the time of Simenon's death in 1989, his French copper Maigret had become an institution, rivalled only by Sherlock Holmes. The pipe-smoking Inspector of Police is a quietly spoken observer of human nature who uses the techniques of psychology on those he encounters (both the guilty and the innocent) - with no rush to moral condemnation. Simenon's non-Maigret standalone books are among the most commanding in the genre, and, as a trenchant picture of French society, his concise novels collectively offer up a fascinating analysis. And his influence on an army of later crime writers is incalculable. Alongside his own considerable insights, Barry Forshaw has interviewed people who worked either with Simenon or on his books: publishers, editors, translators, and other specialist writers. He has created a literary prism through which to appreciate one of the most distinctive achievements in the whole of crime fiction.

Author : Alistair Rolls,John West-Sooby,Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351666329

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Translating National Allegories by Alistair Rolls,John West-Sooby,Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan Pdf

This book explores the intersection of a number of academic areas of study that are all, individually, of growing importance: translation studies, crime fiction and world literature. The scholars included here are leaders in one or more of these areas. The frame of this volume is imagological; its focus is on the ways in which national allegories are constructed and deconstructed, encompassing descriptions of national characteristics as they play out at the level of the local or the individual as well as broader, political analyses. Its corpus, crime fiction, is shown to be a privileged site for writing the national narrative, and often in ways that are more complex and dynamic than is suggested by the genre’s much-cited role as vehicle for a new realism. Finally, these two areas are problematised through the lens of translation, which is a crucial player in both the development of crime fiction and the formation, rather than simply the interlingual transfer, of national allegory. In this volume national allegories, and the crime novels in which they emerge, are shown to be eminently versatile, foundationally plural texts that promote critical rewriting as opposed to sites for fixing meaning. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Translator.

Author : Laird R. Blackwell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476688374

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Clues from the Couch by Laird R. Blackwell Pdf

The detective story--the classic whodunit with its time-displacement structure of crime--according to most literary historians, is of relatively recent origin. Early in its development, the whodunit was harshly criticized for its tightly formula-bound structure. Many critics prematurely proclaimed "the death of the whodunit" and even of detective fiction altogether. Yet today, the genre is alive, as contemporary authors have brought it into modern times through a significant integration of elaborate character development and psychology. With the modern psychological detective story emerging from the historical cauldron of detective fiction and early psychology, the genre continues to develop a complexity that reflects and guides the literary sophistication needed. This book, the first of its kind, analyzes over 150 whodunit novels and short stories across the decades, from The Moonstone to the contemporary novels that saved the genre from an ignominious death.

Author : Edward Eager
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0152020802

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Magic Or Not? by Edward Eager Pdf

An old well that might be magic affords an exciting summer for the twins, James and Laura, and helps them to right an ancient wrong.

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241303832

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Maigret Travels by Georges Simenon Pdf

The attempted suicide of a countess and the death of a billionaire in the same luxury Paris hotel send Maigret to the Riviera and then to Switzerland, as he searches for the truth amid the glittering world of the super-rich. Eyes half-closed, head tilted against the back of his seat, he seemed not to be thinking, as the plane flew over a thick carpet of bright clouds. In reality, he was making an effort to bring names and shadowy figures to life, names and figures that even this morning had been as unknown to him as the inhabitants of another planet. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret and the Millionaires. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian

Author : Edmond de Rostand
Publisher : Lebooks Editora
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9786558942535

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Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond de Rostand Pdf

On December 27, 1897, " Cyrano de Bergerac" premiered in Paris with resounding success. The play, freely inspired by the life and work of the libertine writer Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655), became one of the most popular works in French theater and the most famous work of its author, Edmond Rostand. It has also been adapted into numerous and award-winning film versions. Theater critics say that the success of "Cyrano de Bergerac" is mainly due to its conversion into a popular symbol, embodying the ideal of the people by presenting a man who despises the powerful, is courageous, noble in sentiment, sensitive, and capable of sacrificing himself for others' happiness. The undeniable fact is that "Cyrano," in its multiple versions, has captivated millions of people worldwide. It is a timeless work that undoubtedly deserves to be seen and read.

Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000001277775

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Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-master by Georges Simenon Pdf

The tidal regularity of life in a quiet village is broken when the local harbor-master is murdered, and Inspector Maigret must force the killer into the open by using all of his famous instincts.

Author : Peter B. Ely
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498573900

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Adam and Eve in Scripture, Theology, and Literature by Peter B. Ely Pdf

Adam and Eve in Scripture, Theology, and Literature: Sin, Compassion, and Forgiveness is an extended consideration of the narrative of Adam and Eve, first seen in the Hebrew Bible but given new life by St. Paul in the New Testament. Paul’s treatment of Adam and Eve, especially his designation of Christ as a second Adam, has had an enormous influence in Christianity. Peter Ely follows this rich narrative as it develops in history, providing the basis of the doctrine of original sin in Christianity, giving rise in modern times to theological speculation, and entering thematically into mysticism and literature. The power of the adamic narrative can only be realized if one treats it as a true but non-historical myth. The “truth” of the myth lies in its ability to stimulate thinking and so reveal the depths of human experience. Augustine understood that, so did Julian of Norwich, and even the Belgian author of mystery stories, Georges Simenon, who had a deep sense of the universality of human weakness and the possibilities of redeeming what was lost. Simenon’s detective Maigret saw himself as a “mender of destinies.” The doctrine of original sin, the notion that human beings share a common vulnerability, can open the way to compassion and forgiveness. As Shakespeare illustrates in Measure for Measure, the awareness of weakness in ourselves should move us to compassion for others. The recognition of a kind of “democracy of sin” can keep us from considering ourselves better than others, unlike them in their weakness, and entitled to stand in judgment of them. Thus, compassion opens the door to forgiveness. The progress from sin to compassion to forgiveness forms the heart of this work.

Author : Henry Eliot
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 2282 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780241441619

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The Penguin Modern Classics Book by Henry Eliot Pdf

The essential guide to twentieth-century literature around the world For six decades the Penguin Modern Classics series has been an era-defining, ever-evolving series of books, encompassing works by modernist pioneers, avant-garde iconoclasts, radical visionaries and timeless storytellers. This reader's companion showcases every title published in the series so far, with more than 1,800 books and 600 authors, from Achebe and Adonis to Zamyatin and Zweig. It is the essential guide to twentieth-century literature around the world, and the companion volume to The Penguin Classics Book. Bursting with lively descriptions, surprising reading lists, key literary movements and over two thousand cover images, The Penguin Modern Classics Book is an invitation to dive in and explore the greatest literature of the last hundred years.

Author : Murielle Wenger,Stephen Trussel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476669779

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Maigret's World by Murielle Wenger,Stephen Trussel Pdf

Georges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories that feature Chief Inspector Jules Maigret provide us with a great deal of information about the French police detective--but only in small, episodic doses. As readers become acquainted with Maigret one detail at a time, he slowly takes on a flesh-and-bone realism--not merely a character in a story, but someone we would like to meet in real life. This book presents all the canonical facts and details about the detective and his world in one place, presented with tabulations and analyses that enable a better understanding of the works and of Maigret himself.

Author : Bill Alder
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786470549

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Maigret, Simenon and France by Bill Alder Pdf

Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a phenomenally successful author of crime fiction. His 75 Maigret novels and 28 Maigret short stories were published between 1931 and 1972 to great international acclaim (he is the only non-anglophone crime writer to have achieved such renown). His Maigret stories are regarded by many as having established a new direction in crime fiction, emphasizing social and psychological portraiture rather than focussing on a puzzle to be solved or on "action." This book examines the importance of social class and social change in the Maigret stories, giving a particular emphasis to the early formative novels and the development of plot, characterization and setting. The author seeks to establish the extent to which Simenon's portrait of French society is historically accurate and the nature of the influence of the author's own class position and ideology on his fiction.