Paul Bénichou Livres

Paul Bénichou examine dans ce livre les rapports qui ont uni, au cours du «grand siècle», les conditions sociales de la vie et ses conditions morales. Corneille, le jansénisme, Racine et Molière se trouvent au cœur de cette étude. L'auteur, tout en reconnaissant dans le XVIIe siècle le dernier champ de bataille entre la féodalité et 1e monde moderne, précise et développe cette vue en analysant toute la complexité des doctrines qui s'affrontent à cette époque.

Victor Hugo Les MisErables Translated by Charles E. Wilbour Abridged, edited and with an introduction by Paul Benichou Published simultaneously in nine languages in 1862, "Les MiseRables" is a vast tapestry set against the chaos of post-Napoleonic France. A cast of hundreds is woven into the epic story of the ex-convict Jean Valjean and his valiant struggle to redeem himself. A potent social document of the poverty, ignorance, and brutality of man, "Les MiseRables" is also a rousing adventure and a passionate parable of love. Here, Victor Hugo displays his skills as a dramatist and poet, and shows his deeply felt compassion for all mankind. Pocket Books' Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of "Les MiseRables" contains the original introduction by Hugo scholar and Harvard professor Paul Benichou, as well as his accomplished abridgment.