André Maurois (1885–1967) is a classic of 20th-century French literature, a novelist and essayist, author of famous biographical novels, and an absolute master of psychological prose. This edition includes two of his celebrated novels and a collection of remarkable short stories.
The protagonist of the novel "September Roses" is Guillaume Fontanes, a not-so-young but very successful writer whose books are read by all of France. In his life, which has been perfectly ordered by his caring and jealous wife, everything follows its course, but he lacks a miracle — the miracle of love, which would turn the autumn of his life back into spring and make roses bloom in September…
"Letters to a Stranger" is one of André Maurois's most famous books. The endless monologue of its protagonist is addressed to an unnamed beauty he glimpsed at the theater. This mysterious lady is infinitely receptive to his wisdom and subtle observations and will likely learn much from listening to his musings on female nature, tenderness and coquetry, parting, meetings, life, and love.
The collection "Violets on Wednesdays" includes short stories by Maurois from various periods — true masterpieces of short fiction, tinged with lyricism and subtle irony. In these texts, which worthily continue the brilliant tradition of Balzac, Stendhal, and Maupassant, the resolution is always unexpected, the insight of the judgments is top-notch, and the human soul unfolds like a simple, yet wonderful and even exotic flower.
Author: André Maurois
Translation: Boris Akimov, Elena Bogatyrenko, Yakov Lesyuk, Vera Milchina, Elena Murashkintseva, Yulia Rats, Kira Severova, Alla Smirnova, Yuliana Yakhnina
Pages: 704 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 219x150x33 mm
Series: Foreign Literature. Big Books
