This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, issue a call out for potential Paris in July hosts and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
French Literature
1920 CLUB: Chéri by Colette
Collaborative book blogging: my contribution to the 1920 Club.
BOOK REVIEW: A Nail, A Rose
Brought back into print by Pushkin Press, Madeleine Bourdouxhe’s 1944 short story collection highlights the lives of conflicted female characters in beautiful prose.
THOUGHTS ON: The Little Prince
A moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language.
THOUGHTS ON: Around the World in Eighty Days
One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the world in 80 days – and he is determined not to lose!