Mary Munro-Hill

Aristide of Le Figaro

By: Mary Munro-Hill

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Can language be truly absorbing? For thirty years, Aristide’s witty and elegant grammar columns for Le Figaro entertained France. This book on his work, for lovers of the French language, is both entertaining and instructive, peppered with extracts from his original writings.

Claude Duneton, Chroniqueur at Le Figaro

By: Mary Munro-Hill

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Claude Duneton was a French writer whose greatest delight was the weekly language articles he wrote for Le Figaro littéraire from 1994 to 2010. The title, Le plaisir des mots, was fitting, since words—their meaning, etymology, and amusing history—were his grande passion.

Love and Laughter in the Work of Aymé Dubois-Jolly

By: Mary Munro-Hill

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This book considers love and laughter in the four romans galants of Aymé Dubois-Jolly. Though the love is unashamedly erotic, the novels are redeemed by comic elements and elegant prose, with nods to the literary giants of the eighteenth century.

Maurice Aristide Chapelan, Man of Three Parts

By: Mary Munro-Hill

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Maurice Chapelan was three distinct writers: a poet, a famed grammarian, and an author of romans galants. But a unifying thread ran through his literary output: a beauty, simplicity and elegance of style, revealing a love of the French language and a hint of libertinage.

The Poems and Aphorisms of Maurice Chapelan

By: Mary Munro-Hill

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This book focuses on Maurice Chapelan’s poetry and aphorisms. His poems encompass the essence of the man, his heart and soul, whereas his aphorisms express his philosophy. A master of the prose poem, Chapelan was a moralist and a fine practitioner of l’humour noir.

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