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Une éducation libertine
“A Libertine Education” (title translated by AI)
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo (born 1981)
English editions
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In 1760 young Gaspard leaves Brittany for Paris. Moving from the busy quays of the Seine to elegant salons and back to the city's brothels and slums, he earns a name as a debauchee without scruple, contemptuous of rules, attracted to men and women alike, wrecking marriages. A dark education novel tracing the ascent and ruin of someone ruled by desire.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 434 pages in the original
- Genres
- Coming of age, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- France, 1760
- First published
- 2008 by Gallimard
- Author's age
- 27 when first published
- ISBN
9782070119844 (original)
- More
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