An 'Attic' Philosopher

by Émile Souvestre

Book Overview

Attic Philosopher, An ('Un Philosophe sous les Toits') appeared in 1850. The author, mile Souvestre, then forty-four, was already well known as a writer of stories; but this book was less a story than a collection of sympathetic moralizings upon life, "the commonplace adventures of an unknown thinker in those twelve hostelries of time called months." He shows us one year in the life of a poor workingman who, watching brilliant Paris from his garret...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1535229373
• ISBN13: 9781535229371
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"