Un homme d'affaires: . Dualité; Un réveillon; L'outragé.
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (1852-1935)
Category
Books
Date
1900
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3116368
Summary
One of thirteen books gifted by the author to Lady Churchill, between 1889 and 1907. Paul Bourget received Lady Randolph Churchill at his residence called the Plantier de Costebelle (Palm House), his home from 1896 till his death in 1935, located in the commune of Hyères-les-Palmiers , in the department of Var, south France. There is correspondence sent by Paul Bourget to Lady Randolph Churchill found in the ‘Churchill Archive’, 1895-1899. Un Homme d’Affairs (A Businessman): This short novel or this long story precedes ‘The Step’. Contrary to what the title might suggest, it is not a question here of examining the business world as, for example, in Zola's Money. It's still a story of heart, but this time a bit full-bodied. The revenge of the banker, who has been deceived, assiduously and fidelity to the lover, by the daughter of the adulterous couple, is certainly an original subject. Inscription & Translation: Son respectueux [illegible] devoue - From her sincere and devoted [?------].
Bibliographic description
309p. ; 19cm. Provenance: inscribed "Son respectueux [?] devoue" [i.e. Paul Bourget to Lady Randolph (Jennie) Spencer-Churchill, (née Jerome (1854-1921)]. Binding: twentieth-century calf.
Makers and roles
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (1852-1935)