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4X7. First collier books edition 1962, softcover with wear and fading, some pencil markings to front cover; pages 97-112 uncut; creasing and rubbing to spine covers; some staining to front cover; book price on front cover 66 cents; with a new introduction by Henri Peyre; The powerful, uncompromsisng and unsurpassed story of a French courtesan _PAB_

Jacket lightly tanning, small chip at tip. Green cloth boards slightly rubbed at corners and tips. Pages are clean & tight. Prior owner name on fep reverse.

Mass market paperback, light scuffing on cover else interior VG. unmarked. 412 pp. The story of a French courtesan. The French novelist's classic study of a prostitute's dissolute existence and spiritual disintegration reflects his concern with the influence of heredity and environment. New introduction by Henri Peyre.

Text in FRENCH: Newer Printing, 1995: Paperback in overall nice condition with very mild cover wear, no spine crease; small blank sticker on first page; interior very good--pages appear to be clean and unmarked by pen/pencil; Préface d'Henri Mitterand; a clean, sound copy of this 500-pg. mass market paperback; published by Gallimard / Folio Classique No. 956; Dans ce roman, et dans ce personnage de courtisane, Zola a peint à la fois la corruption d'une femme, de la société où elle recrute ses amants, et d'un régime politique, le Second Empire, qui se rue avec insouciance vers la guerre et la débâcle. Sexualité, histoire et mythe vivent et meurent ensemble, dans un même souffle brutal. (see picture of my book within this description)

9780140442632.

Text in English, French. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Penguin Classics.