The woman of the eighteenth century [electronic resource] : her life, from birth to death, her love and her philosophy in the worlds of salon, shop and street / Edmond & Jules De Goncourt ; translation by Jacques Le Clercq & Ralph Roeder.
This translation of the French Femme au dix-huitiéme siécle from 1862, first published in English in 1928, traces the life of the Eighteenth Century woman in an historical account. Through discussion of evidence from paintings and memoirs, the book draws an intimate lifelike account of what lay be...
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| Other title: | Femme au dix-huitième siècle. English |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Series: | Routledge library editions. Women's history ;
v. 18. |
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| Summary: | This translation of the French Femme au dix-huitiéme siécle from 1862, first published in English in 1928, traces the life of the Eighteenth Century woman in an historical account. Through discussion of evidence from paintings and memoirs, the book draws an intimate lifelike account of what lay behind these images for women in France of this time. The Goncourt brothers wrote several social histories but were also art critics and novelists. Here they offer portraits of upper, middle and working class women in France. This is one of the earliest accounts of life for women in this per. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in 1928 [George Allen & Unwin Ltd.]. Translation of La femme au dix-huitième siècle. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (347 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780203102466 0203102460 9781136240034 1136240039 9781136239984 1136239987 9781136240027 1136240020 0415626811 9780415626811 9780415752534 0415752531 9780203104255 0203104250 1283919516 9781283919517 |
| Language: | English. |