'Two Surface-dwellers. Two! He ' s a Fattypuff and you ' re a Thinifer. There ' s no doubt about it! ' This is the tale of two brothers. Edmund is a little on the plump side and Terry is a bit of a rake. When they discover the countries under the Ea...
"Dangerous, charming, and funny, this elegant miniature rediscovery will delight even brilliant minds." -- Simon Van BooyAndré Maurois' novella, published in the same year as Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa, is about a couple who become shipw...
In the turbulent 1840s, Philippe Viniès held high hopes for the future of his country and awaited revolution impatiently. As political chaos descends upon the nation, an elderly gentleman challenges his radical ideas, but while he struggles to defen...
André Maurois was a French author. His first novel, Les silences du colonel Bramble, was a witty and socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and became popular in the United Kingdom and...