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Émile Souvestre

1806–1854 1 volume Salon & Steppe
An Attic Philosopher in Paris — cover

The life

Émile Souvestre was a Breton lawyer's son who failed as a publisher, taught school, and found his subject in the quiet lives of ordinary Parisians. An Attic Philosopher in Paris — a poor man's diary of the small consolations available from a garret window — was translated across Europe and won the Académie's prize twice. He also wrote one of the first dystopias, in 1846.

Paintings from these volumes
Newspaper Reader in the Garden
Newspaper Reader in the Garden Carl Spitzweg
Card Sharpers
Card Sharpers Feliks Pęczarski
Rest
Rest Per Wickenberg
On the Seine near Mantes
On the Seine near Mantes Richard Parkes Bonington
Landscape with Cows and Other Cattle
Landscape with Cows and Other Cattle Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Hilly Landscape near Wageningen
Hilly Landscape near Wageningen Abraham Johannes Couwenberg
In the library

1 volume by Souvestre

The whole library
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