{"product_id":"an-attic-philosopher-by-emile-souvestre-fiction-literary-classics-9781603128889","title":"An 'Attic' Philosopher by Emile Souvestre, Fiction, Literary, Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCROWNED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParisian novelist Emile Souvestre was born in 1806 in Morlaix, the son of a civil engineer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Later, Souvestre studied law, and worked in many professions, from journalist to schoolmaster, before entering upon a life of letters. During his lifetime, his novels were popular and well-received.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouvestre is the author of a very early science fiction novel, \u003cem\u003eThe World as it Will Be\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eLe Monde Tel Qu'il Sera\u003c\/em\u003e), first-published in 1846. \u003cem\u003eAn \"Attic\" Philosopher\u003c\/em\u003e is the tale, in epistemological form, of one year in the life a young clerk who lives in an attic -- not a Greek philosopher. A kindly and thoughtful, if impulsive young man, the clerk's experiences will inspire and delight you from January 1 to December 31 -- and they provide an especially interesting portrait of life in Paris in the mid-Nineteenth century that contrasts with the acerbic, cynical vision of Balzac or the amoral world of Flaubert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouvestre, Emile:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Émile Souvestre (1806 - 1854) was a French novelist who was a native of Morlaix, Finistère. He was the son of a civil engineer and was educated at the college of Pontivy, with the intention of following his father's career by entering the Polytechnic School. However, his father died in 1823 and he matriculated as a law student at Rennes but soon devoted himself to literature. He was by turns a bookseller's assistant, a private schoolmaster in Nantes, a journalist and a grammar school teacher in Brest and a teacher in Mulhouse. He settled in Paris in 1836. He began his literary career with a drama, played at the Théâtre français in 1828, the Siege de Missolonghi. This tragedy was a pronounced failure. In novel writing he did much better than for the stage, deliberately aiming at making the novel an engine of moral instruction. His first two novels L'Echelle de Femmes and Riche et Pauvre met with favorable receptions. His best work is to be found in the Derniers Bretons (4 vols., 1835-1837) and Foyer breton (1844), where the folk-lore and natural features of his native province are worked up into story form and in Un Philosophe sous les toils, which received in 1851 a well-deserved academic prize. He also wrote a number of other works-novels, dramas, essays and miscellanies.\"","brand":"Aegypan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50359261823250,"sku":"9781603128889","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9ad2472-8aa8-47e4-b963-b5557d2c9176.jpg?v=1728352992","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-attic-philosopher-by-emile-souvestre-fiction-literary-classics-9781603128889","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}