A Living Lie (Esprios Classics): Translated by John de Villiers

By Paul Bourget

Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (2 September 1852 - 25 December 1935) was a French poet, novelist and critic. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Paul Bourget was born in Amiens, France. Bourget is known for his psychological and moralistic novels that often portrayed the complex emotions of women and the ideas, passions, and failures of young men in France. Some of his notable works include Le Disciple (1889), a bestseller that explored the consequences of materialism and positivism, and other novels such as Cruelle Enigme (1885), Andr Cornelis (1886), and Mensonges (1887). He was admitted to the Acad mie fran aise in 1894 and was promoted to be an officer of the L gion d'honneur in 1895.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CLR4ZVX4
• ISBN13: 9798210791443
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"