Alfred De Musset

By Henry James

Book Overview

""Alfred De Musset"" is a book written by the renowned American author, Henry James. The book is a biography of the French poet, playwright, and novelist, Alfred De Musset. James provides a detailed account of De Musset's life, including his childhood, education, literary career, and personal relationships. The book also explores De Musset's literary style and his contributions to French literature during the Romantic era. James draws on a variety of sources, including De Musset's own writings, to provide a comprehensive and insightful portrait of this influential figure in French literature. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in French literature, Romanticism, or the life and work of Alfred De Musset.The author describes the poet's early years, and gives several very pretty anecdotes of his childhood. Alfred de Musset was born in 1810, in the middle of old Paris, on a spot familiar to those many American visitors who wander across the Seine, better and better pleased as they go, to the museum of the H�����tel de Cluny. The house in which Musset's parents lived was close to this beautiful monument---a happy birthplace for a poet; but both the house and the street have now disappeared. M. Paul de Musset does not relate that his brother began to versify in his infancy; but Alfred was indeed hardly more than an infant when he achieved his first success.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1162651962
• ISBN13: 9781162651965
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.5" x 9.3"