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LES TROIS FILLES de M. Dupont. Signée: Eugène Brieux
by Brieux, Eugène
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Paris: Stock, Editeur, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Brieux, Eugène [1858-1932] French journalist and dramatist. LES TROIS FILLES de M. Dupont. Signée (The Three Daughters of M. Dupont). Comedy, 4 acts. Paris: Stock, Editeur, 1899. First Edition / Édition originale. Sm. 8vo., / in-8. 187pp. Inscribed on the Half-title: "À monsieur Roujon ? De reconnaissance et d'amitié / Brieux". Trans. "To Mr. Roujon ? Of appreciation and friendship / Brieux".
Also tipped to the second blank, a short ALS on blue with postage stamp - 26 Rue Victor-Massé letterhead:
"Mon cher compère ? j'ai été particulièrement sensible à vos félicitations ? en exprimer ? un cordial remerciement Tout ? / Brieux". Trans. "My dear accomplice I was particularly touched by your praises ? to express ? a cordial word of thanks All ? Brieux".
A very good example rarely seen inscribed, showing a few bleached-out spots from the adhesives used but the balance of pages clean. Rebound in gilt lettered blue cloth in fine condition. LES TROIS FILLES de M. Dupont is a powerful, somewhat brutal, study of the miseries imposed on poor middle-class girls by the French system of dowry, essentially in LES TROIS FILLES, Brieux had presented a brief on behalf of women's rights to motherhood in the face of Men's selfish possessiveness. An important book. 17 editions were published between 1899 and 1922 in French.
Also tipped to the second blank, a short ALS on blue with postage stamp - 26 Rue Victor-Massé letterhead:
"Mon cher compère ? j'ai été particulièrement sensible à vos félicitations ? en exprimer ? un cordial remerciement Tout ? / Brieux". Trans. "My dear accomplice I was particularly touched by your praises ? to express ? a cordial word of thanks All ? Brieux".
A very good example rarely seen inscribed, showing a few bleached-out spots from the adhesives used but the balance of pages clean. Rebound in gilt lettered blue cloth in fine condition. LES TROIS FILLES de M. Dupont is a powerful, somewhat brutal, study of the miseries imposed on poor middle-class girls by the French system of dowry, essentially in LES TROIS FILLES, Brieux had presented a brief on behalf of women's rights to motherhood in the face of Men's selfish possessiveness. An important book. 17 editions were published between 1899 and 1922 in French.
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- Title
- LES TROIS FILLES de M. Dupont. Signée: Eugène Brieux
- Author
- Brieux, Eugène
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Stock, Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Journalism, Women's Rights, theatre
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