This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... During his illness Lucien was attended by Bianchon. He owed his life to the devotion of that friend, grievously offended, but to whom d'Arthez had confided the fact of Lucien's visit to him, defending, as far as possible, the unfortunate poet. In a lucid moment, for Lucien had a nervous fever of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... During his illness Lucien was attended by Bianchon. He owed his life to the devotion of that friend, grievously offended, but to whom d'Arthez had confided the fact of Lucien's visit to him, defending, as far as possible, the unfortunate poet. In a lucid moment, for Lucien had a nervous fever of extreme gravity, Bianchon, who suspected d 'Arthez of some generosity, questioned his patient as to the real facts, and Lucien told him that he had never written any article against d 'Arthez's book except the grave and serious criticism corrected by d'Arthez himself, and published in Hector Merlin's paper. At the end of the first month, Fendant and Cavalier went into bankruptcy. Bianchon told Coralie that she must conceal this frightful blow from Lucien. The much-talked-of novel, "The Archer of Charles IX.," published under a sensational name, had no success whatever. To get a little money for himself before their failure, Fendant, unknown to Cavalier, had sold the work in a block to a petty bookseller who had sent it about by peddlers. It was now adorning the parapets of the bridges and quays of Paris. Barbet, on the Quai des Augustins, who had previously taken quite a number of copies, found himself out of pocket to a considerable sum by this sudden abatement of their value. He had not foreseen it, for he believed in Lucien's talent, and had rashly purchased two hundred copies at four francs and a half apiece, which would now bring only half a franc. Alarmed by such a loss, Barbet took an heroic measure: he put away his copies with the obstinacy of a miser, saw his competitors selling theirs for almost nothing, and in 1824, when two articles by Leon Giraud called attention to the real merit of the book and to d'Arthez's fine preface, Barbet...
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Add this copy of Comedy of Human Life, Volume 16... to cart. $60.25, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Nabu Press.
