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Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan (1954) – a review

By | On August 29, 2017 | Updated November 18, 2022 | Comments (0)

Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan (1954) is the story of Cecile, an amoral seventeen-year-old, who goes on vacation to the south of France with her father, Raymond.

Raymond is a widower who leads a life revolving around multiple affairs with women, usually short-lived. Cecile, despite her age, is fully aware of her father’s love life.

Raymond has rented a well appointed villa, and Cecile, her father, and her father’s mistress of the moment, Elsa, depart for a month of sun and relaxation.  Read More→

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Gone with the Wind: A Publishing Phenomenon

By | On August 29, 2017 | Updated November 18, 2022 | Comments (0)

Gone With the Wind — the book — was a publishing phenomenon. Not within memory had an American novel been so long (1,037 pages, a half-million words) or weighed so much (3.5 pounds).

The following narrative was originally published in The Story of Gone With the Wind  by Bob Thomas, © 1967 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., National Publishers, Inc., New York.

MacMillan published GWTW at a time when the book industry, like all others in the U.S., was still suffering from the results of the Depression. At least one person was concerned about the enterprise: Margaret Mitchell. Read More→

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Françoise Sagan, Author of Bonjour Tristesse

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Françoise Sagan (June 21, 1935 – September 24, 2004) born Françoise Quoirez in Cajac, France was a French novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. 

Her nom de plume was inspired by the Princesse de Sagan, Marcel Proust’s favorite author. She and her siblings were raised in an upper-middle-class family in France.

After her schooling in Paris, in 1952 Sagan set out to continue her university studies at the Sorbonne. Within a year, she began writing Bonjour Tristesse. It was published in 1954 when she was only eighteen years old. 

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