Maigret and the Hotel Majestic
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Harvest Books
Published: 1991-10-31
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780156551335
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Maigret's World
Author: Murielle Wenger
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2017-08-07
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1476629250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeorges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories that feature Chief Inspector Jules Maigret provide us with a great deal of information about the French police detective--but only in small, episodic doses. As readers become acquainted with Maigret one detail at a time, he slowly takes on a flesh-and-bone realism--not merely a character in a story, but someone we would like to meet in real life. This book presents all the canonical facts and details about the detective and his world in one place, presented with tabulations and analyses that enable a better understanding of the works and of Maigret himself.
Suzanne's Children
Author: Anne Nelson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-10-17
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1501105329
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Suzanne Spaak was born into the Belgian Catholic elite and married into the country's leading political family ... In Paris in the late 1930s her friendship with a Polish Jewish refugee led her to her life's purpose. When France fell and the Nazis occupied Paris, she joined the Resistance. She used her fortune and social status to enlist allies among wealthy Parisians and church groups. Under the eyes of the Gestapo, Suzanne and women from the Jewish and Christian resistance groups 'kidnapped' hundreds of Jewish children to save them from the gas chambers"--]cProvided by publisher.
Investigating Simenon
Author: Russell Campbell
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2022-09-21
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1476648271
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor nearly a century, the work of Belgian crime writer and psychological novelist Georges Simenon, creator of Chief Inspector Maigret, has captivated readers worldwide. This investigation situates Simenon's work in its historical context and interprets it as a reaction to shifting gender relations in Western society. Simenon's compelling narratives capture the anxieties of men whose patriarchal position was under threat in an era of insurgent feminist movements. These concerns are also evident in Simenon's pervasive preoccupation with sexuality, as well as his political stance that stems from his petit-bourgeois upbringing. This groundbreaking study includes interwoven commentary on all 191 novels Simenon published under his own name, including several that have never been translated into English, as well as a number of short stories and several pseudonymous works.
Tony Aspler's Cellar Book
Author: Tony Aspler
Publisher: Random House Canada
Published: 2009-10-27
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0307372715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTony Aspler returns with a book for anyone who has fallen under the spell of the glorious grape — and dreamed of having their very own wine cellar. Tony Aspler’s Cellar Book provides guidelines for anyone, whether their regular tipple is a $15-Australian or a $100-Bordeaux, who wants to keep a supply of wines that will age with grace and flavour and be ready to consume for a mid-week dinner or a spontaneous celebration. Tony’s suggestions for general approaches to establishing a cellar, specific bottles and even themes will help you create the perfect collection — big or small. Basic techniques for evaluating the right cellar for your needs are accompanied by sidebars of cellaring experience and advice from well-known wine celebrities. Follow Tony as he builds his own cellar in his condo, while picking up tips on how to build your own.
The Penguin Modern Classics Book
Author: Henry Eliot
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2021-11-18
Total Pages: 2282
ISBN-13: 0241441617
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe essential guide to twentieth-century literature around the world For six decades the Penguin Modern Classics series has been an era-defining, ever-evolving series of books, encompassing works by modernist pioneers, avant-garde iconoclasts, radical visionaries and timeless storytellers. This reader's companion showcases every title published in the series so far, with more than 1,800 books and 600 authors, from Achebe and Adonis to Zamyatin and Zweig. It is the essential guide to twentieth-century literature around the world, and the companion volume to The Penguin Classics Book. Bursting with lively descriptions, surprising reading lists, key literary movements and over two thousand cover images, The Penguin Modern Classics Book is an invitation to dive in and explore the greatest literature of the last hundred years.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 856
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cellars of the Majestic
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2016-01-26
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 0698409213
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré An Inspector Maigret mystery that brings the dark side of glamorous expat life in Paris to life In this riveting mystery from Georges Simenon, Maigret must investigate the murder of Mrs. Clark, the wife of a wealthy American industrialist, whose strangled body is found in the basement of an upscale hotel near the Champs-Élysées. Maigret’s inquiries take him from the endless corridors of the Hotel Majestic to the countryside of the Bois de Boulogne and sun-drenched Cannes, into a world of illicit sex work, drug addiction, and blackmail.
