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henri alain-Fournier
1886 – 1914, French
The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)
Translated by Robin Buss
Introduction by Adam Gopnik
When Meaulnes first arrives in Sologne,
his charisma captivates everyone. But
when he attends a strange party at a
mysterious house, he is changed forever.
Published here in the first English
translation since 1959, this evocative novel
presents an enduring portrait of desperate
friendship and vanished adolescence.
256 pp. 978-0-14-144189-4 $14.00
“i find its depiction of golden time and place
just as poignant now.” —nick h o r n b y
leoPoldo alas
1852 – 1901, spanish
La Regenta
Translated with an Introduction
by John Rutherford
An outstanding work of nineteenthcentury
Spanish literature, this novel set in
a provincial town explores an intelligent
woman’s quest for fulfillment through
marriage, adultery, and religion.
736 pp. 978-0-14-044346-2 $18.00
leon battista alberti
1404 – 1472, italian
On Painting
Translated by Cecil Grayson with an
Introduction and Notes by Martin Kemp
The first book devoted to the intellectual
rationale for painting, the process of
vision, painting techniques, and the moral
and artistic prerequisites of the artist
remains a classic of art theory.
112 pp. 978-0-14-043331-9 $14.00
See The Portable Renaissance Reader.
louisa May alCott
1832 – 1888, american
The Portable Louisa May Alcott
Edited with an Introduction by
Elizabeth Lennox Keyser
Alcott’s vast body of work is celebrated
in this wide-ranging collection that
includes samples from her novels,
novellas, children’s stories, sensationalist
fiction, gothic tales, memoirs, letters, and
journals.
704 pp. 978-0-14-027574-2 $18.00
The Inheritance
Edited with an Introduction by
Joel Myerson and Daniel Shealy
Inspired by the sentimental novels and
Gothic romances of her day, Alcott’s first
novel, written when she was seventeen, is
the captivating tale of a young orphan girl
whose inheritance is a secret locked in a
long-lost letter.
208 pp. 978-0-14-043666-2 $15.00
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