Miscreant |
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Author:
| Cocteau, Jean |
Series title: | Peter Owen Modern Classic Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7206-1173-1 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
Publisher: | Peter Owen Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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Jacques Forestier, the central character of Cocteau's famous first novel from 1921, is a parasite and dilettante who responds readily to beauty in both sexes. Leaving his provincial family he comes to Paris to study for his degree. Indulging in a life of dissipation with a group of students and their mistresses, he falls in love with Germaine, a chorus girl kept by a rich banker. The...
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Jacques Forestier, the central character of Cocteau's famous first novel from 1921, is a parasite and dilettante who responds readily to beauty in both sexes. Leaving his provincial family he comes to Paris to study for his degree. Indulging in a life of dissipation with a group of students and their mistresses, he falls in love with Germaine, a chorus girl kept by a rich banker. The affair, doomed from the start, forces Jacques to come to terms not so much with society as he finds it but with himself.