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Robert Southey; V S Pritchett; Honore de Balzac; Ellen MarriageBiblio.com

The Chronicle of the Cid & Eugenie Grandet

1958réf. 977T99New York: The Heritage Press 1958-1961. Hardback. Fine. 11.5" by 8"; 10.5" by 7". Rene Ben Sussan. Two smart copies of these translated novels from The Heritage Press with colour illustrations from Greek artist Rene Ben Sussan. Two volumes. The Heritage Press. Each volume is issued with a copy of Sandglass a monthly periodical for members of the Heritage Club being number VI: 23 and number VII: 26. Both volumes are illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan a Greek illustrator active from the 1920s to the 1960s. His most widely seen works are his illustrations for the various "Limited Editions Club" and "Heritage Press" series of small print runs of handmade and hand-bound books. This set contains: Chronicle of the Cid 1958. Illustrated with sixteen colour plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A translation of the adventures surrounding Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar known as the Cid Campeador from various historical texts including the "Cronica General de Espana". The novel depicts the life and exploits of the Cid a formidable knight and national hero of medieval Spain who valiantly battled against the Moors. Translated from the Spanish by Robert Southey an English poet of the Romantic school one of the Lake Poets and Poet Laureate from 1813. With an introduction from Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett a British writer and literary critic. Eugenie Grandet 1961. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece title vignette seven colour plates and numerous in-text colour images. Collated complete. Exploring the themes of wealth avarice and familial duty in a provincial French town this story centers around the character of Monsieur Grandet a wealthy and miserly wine-grower and his only daughter Eugenie whose life is shaped by her father's overwhelming greed and ambitions. Written by Honore de Balzac a French novelist and playwright. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage an English translator from French notably of Balzac's novels. Chronicle of the Cid is bound in the original patterned paper covered boards with Eugenie Grandet bound in the original quarter cloth with patterned paper covered boards. Externally excellent. Chronicle of the Cid is also bound with the original paper covered slip case. In very good indeed condition with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities and the odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine The Heritage Press hardcover

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The Dandy Wife

1828réf. 5421London: T. Birt 1828. First edition. Single sheet measuring 250 x 185mm and printed in two columns to recto. Some edgewear to margins not affecting text; a bit of foxing and toning largely confined to margins. A scarce and delicate survivor OCLC documents only one example at the National Library of Scotland. The present is the only example on the market. The Dandy Wife is narrated by a man who aimed "to choose me out a loving wife" at the age of twenty-one but whose experience becomes a warning to "all young men of high renown": "If you want a tidy wife Beware of a boarding school." What unfolds is a satire of how the marriage economy is affected when women have access to knowledge -- intellectual and physical -- and how by meeting a man's superficial expectations a woman can fulfill her own more pressing needs. Thinking that a boarding school girl will have the innocence submissiveness and domestic skill he desires the narrator selects a wife from among their ranks. Thinking only of what he can obtain from such a bargain he is unprepared for what an educated woman brings into his house. The Dandy Wife he describes understands the commodity value of her own beauty and material adornment and that these are her key means for acquiring wealth of her own. "She takes one-half of what I earn In drinking gin and tea; Besides such frills and furbelows My Dandy Wife does wear.Her sleeves upon her dandy gown Oh! Lack they're such a size You'd think they were two balloons that in the air would rise." Aside from staying on par with fashion trends her clothing assists her in avoiding domestic tasks she abhors. She refuses to do laundry more than monthly and through ridiculous cooking failures she rapidly establishes that the kitchen is not a showcase for her skillset. Accustomed to a life of learning she is not trained to conduct domestic business. By the ballad's end it becomes clear that the Dandy Wife was savvier in managing a marriage than her husband was. For not only does her superior intellect help her carve out a more satisfying role but she also has physical knowledge that predates him: "The day that I was married I thought I'd got a charming maid But I was much deceived.For scarce five months we'd married been When she had a darling son. T. Birt unknown