Georges Simenon Lucille F. Becker

Name: Georges Simenon By Lucille F. Becker
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Georges Simenon by Lucille F. Becker

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SeriesLife & Times

Summary

biography of the creator of one of the best-known characters in detective fiction, Inspector Maigret, the pipe-smoking Parisian police detective

Georges Simenon Summary

Georges Simenon by Lucille F. Becker

Georges Simenon was one of the major French-language novelists of the twentieth century as well as one of the most prolific: 190 potboilers signed with 17 pseudonyms, 358 novels and short stories signed Simenon, 25 autobiographical works, 30 series of articles published in the French press before and immediately after World War II, and a ballet scenario.

About Lucille F. Becker

Lucille F. Becker, Drew University Professor Emerita of French Literature, has integrated new material and new insights into Simenon's life and work, and has thereby provided readers with a fresh, highly readable, and authoritative overview over his oeuvre. Professor Becker was the keynote speaker at the National Press Club 1987-88 Georges Simenon Festival in Washington, D.C.

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Sku

GOR008102089

ISBN 13

9781904950349

ISBN 10

1904950345

Title

Georges Simenon by Lucille F. Becker

Author

Lucille F. Becker

Series

Life & Times

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Haus Publishing

Year published

20190930

Number of pages

185

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N/A

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