1st Edition
For the People, by the People? Eugene Sue's "Les Mysteres De Paris" - A Hypothesis in the Sociology of Literature
By Christopher Prendergast
Copyright 2003
154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
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Eugene Sue (1804-57), like his contemporary Alexandre Dumas pere, was one of the most successful writers of his time. Les Mysteres de Paris, the novel for which he is most remembered, became a publishing sensation. In its serial form, it took the public by storm - readers fought for copies of the next instalment - and in book form its print-run reached an unprecedented 60,000. Christopher... Read more
1: The Hypothesis; 2: The Novel; 3: The Letters; 4: Reading Public(s); 5: Reception; 6: Conclusion
Biography
Christopher Prendergast
