Journal des Goncourt (Premier Volume) by Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt

"Journal des Goncourt (Premier Volume)" by Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt is a diary written collaboratively from 1850 to 1896. This candid chronicle captures the literary and artistic world of Paris, filled with bitter rivalries and volatile friendships. Through "dual dictation," the brothers recorded intimate conversations, professional jealousies, and unvarnished observations of their celebrated contemporaries—including Flaubert, Zola, Baudelaire, and Wilde. Their unflinching portraits of friends and rivals sparked controversy, strained relationships, and challenged notions of loyalty in their cutthroat cultural milieu. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Goncourt, Edmond de, 1822-1896
Author Goncourt, Jules de, 1830-1870
Title Journal des Goncourt (Premier Volume)
Mémoires de la vie littéraire
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goncourt_Journal
Credits Produced by Carlo Traverso, Mireille Harmelin and PG Distributed Proofreaders Europe. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr
Reading Level Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Novelists, French -- 19th century -- Diaries
Subject Goncourt, Edmond de, 1822-1896 -- Diaries
Subject Goncourt, Jules de, 1830-1870 -- Diaries
Subject Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Subject Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Category Text
eBook-No. 14799
Release Date
Last Update Oct 28, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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