The Dream, 9780198745983
Paperback
A girl’s dream of love, faith, and escaping reality.

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    10 October 2018

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Summary

‘Is it wrong to love whatever is beautiful and rich? I love it precisely because it is beautiful, because it is rich - because, I think, it brings joy to my heart…’

On Christmas Day, in the flurry of a snow storm, the Huberts discover a ragged nine year old girl sheltering under the neighbouring cathedral porch. Childless and pious, the couple take in and raise Angelique as their own. The girl is intensely passionate, and given to rage and disobedience as well as love and religious fe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198745983
ISBN-10:0198745982
Author:Paul Gibbard, Émile Zola
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:10 October 2018
Weight:194g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 15mm
Series:Oxford World's Classics
About The Author

Paul Gibbard

Paul Gibbard is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Western Australia. He has worked previously as an editor of the Complete Works of Voltaire at the Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, and at Monash University and the University of New England. His research interests lie in French literature from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, and he has also published on women’s political thought during the Enlightenment and the French exploration of Australia.

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