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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Anatole France's The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard is a charming and witty tale of an eccentric book collector who becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a stolen manuscript. Set in Paris during the late 19th century, this delightful... Read Full Overview

El crimen de Sylvestre Bonnard. ANATOLE FRANCE Francia 1844 - 1924

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Anatole France's The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard is a charming and witty tale of an eccentric book collector who becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a stolen manuscript. Set in Paris during the late 19th century, this delightful... Read Full Overview

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I had put on my slippers and my dressing-gown. I wiped away a tear with which the north wind blowing over the quay had obscured my vision. A bright fire was leaping in the chimney of my study. Ice-crystals, shaped like fern-leaves, were sprouting over the windowpanes and concealed... Read Full Overview

Sylvestre Bonnard, membre de l'Institut, est un historien et un philologue, dot d'une rudition non d nu e d'ironie. Savoir n'est rien - dit-il un jour - imaginer est tout. Il m ne une vie aust re au milieu de ses livres. Mais il consacre galement tous ses efforts trouver... Read Full Overview

Sylvestre Bonnard, membre de l'Institut, est un historien et un philologue, dot? d'une ?rudition non d?nu?e d'ironie. Savoir n'est rien ditil un jour imaginer est tout. Il m?ne une vie aust?re au milieu de ses livres. Mais il consacre ?galement tous ses efforts ? trouver un manuscrit... Read Full Overview