Paul et Virginie

Literature & Fiction

Saint­Pierre, Bernardin De

Classics

French & European Pubns

Paul And Virginia

The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule, then named Île de France. In introducing to the Public the present edition of this well known and affecting Tale, -- the chef d'oeuvre of its gifted author, the Publishers take occasion to say, that it affords them no little gratification, to apprise the numerous admirers of "Paul and Virginia," that the entire work of St. Pierre is now presented to them. All the previous editions have been disfigured by interpolations, and mutilated by numerous omissions and alterations, which have had the effect of reducing it from the rank of a Philosophical Tale, to the level of a mere story for children. Of the merits of "Paul and Virginia," it is hardly necessary to utter a word; it tells its own story eloquently and impressively, and in a language simple, natural and true, it touches the common heart of the world. There are but few works that have obtained a greater degree of popularity, none are more deserving it; and the Publishers cannot therefore refrain from expressing a hope that their efforts in thus giving a faithful transcript of the work, -- an acknowledged classic by the European world, -- may be, in some degree, instrumental in awakening here, at home, a taste for those higher works of Fancy, which, while they seek to elevate and strengthen the understanding, instruct and purify the heart. It is in this character that the Tale of "Paul and Virginia" ranks pre-eminent.

Paul and Virginia by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fiction, Literary

Contemporary

Wildside Press

The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule, then named Île de France. In introducing to the Public the present edition of this well known and affecting Tale, -- the chef d'oeuvre of its gifted author, the Publishers take occasion to say, that it affords them no little gratification, to apprise the numerous admirers of "Paul and Virginia," that the entire work of St. Pierre is now presented to them. All the previous editions have been disfigured by interpolations, and mutilated by numerous omissions and alterations, which have had the effect of reducing it from the rank of a Philosophical Tale, to the level of a mere story for children. Of the merits of "Paul and Virginia," it is hardly necessary to utter a word; it tells its own story eloquently and impressively, and in a language simple, natural and true, it touches the common heart of the world. There are but few works that have obtained a greater degree of popularity, none are more deserving it; and the Publishers cannot therefore refrain from expressing a hope that their efforts in thus giving a faithful transcript of the work, -- an acknowledged classic by the European world, -- may be, in some degree, instrumental in awakening here, at home, a taste for those higher works of Fancy, which, while they seek to elevate and strengthen the understanding, instruct and purify the heart. It is in this character that the Tale of "Paul and Virginia" ranks pre-eminent.With respect to the translation, I can only hope to deserve the humble merit of not having deformed the beauty of the original. I have, indeed, taken one liberty with my author, which it is fit I should acknowledge, that of omitting several pages of general observations, which, however excellent in themselves, would be passed over with impatience by the English reader, when they interrupt the pathetic narrative. In this respect, the two nations seem to change characters; and while the serious and reflecting Englishman requires, in novel writing, as well as on the theater, a rapid succession of incidents, much bustle and stage effect, without suffering the author to appear himself, and stop the progress of the story; the gay and restless Frenchman listens attentively to long philosophical reflections, while the catastrophe of the drama hangs in suspense. -- Helen Maria Williams

Literary

Wildside Pr

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Studies Of Nature; Volume 2

History

Wentworth Press

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)

Paul and Virginia

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Œuvres complètes de Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

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The History Of The Adventures, Love, And Constancy Of Paul And Virginia (1824)

Kessinger Publishing

The History of the Adventures, Love, and Constancy of Paul and Virginia

Kessinger Pub

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Paul et Virginie

Paul and Virginia by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fiction, Literary

Paul And Virginia

Paul And Virginia

Studies Of Nature; Volume 2

Paul and Virginia

Paul and Virginia

Œuvres complètes de Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

The History Of The Adventures, Love, And Constancy Of Paul And Virginia (1824)

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Paul et Virginie

Paul and Virginia by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fiction, Literary

Paul And Virginia

Paul And Virginia

Studies Of Nature; Volume 2

Paul and Virginia

Paul and Virginia

Œuvres complètes de Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

The History Of The Adventures, Love, And Constancy Of Paul And Virginia (1824)

The History of the Adventures, Love, and Constancy of Paul and Virginia

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