Paris on the Eve 1900-1914 de Cronin, Vincent

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London: Collins, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. 488. Illustrated: (32) pp. plates. Erratum slip. Checklist. Index. The first decade of the 20th Century was a vibrant one for Paris with many intellectuals and artists working there, among them Proust, Gide, Sarah Bernhardt, Picasso and Diaghilev.

Collins, 1989. Hardcover. Good.

London: Collins, 1989.. 1st edition. "Paris in the years 1900-1914 was the artistic centre of Europe. It was the city of philosophers such as Bergson; of writers such as Proust, Gide, Claudel; the city in which Debussy composed and Sarah Bernhardt acted, and which attracted talents as diverse as those of the young Picasso and the impressario Diaghilev. Nor were the achievements all in the arts....Cronin's portrait of Paris...emerges from a succession of character sketches...The unique quality of Parisian life in that period is here superbly communicated..." Pp.484, 16 pages of black & white plates, illustrated endpapers. Maroon cloth, dustwrapper not price-clipped. VG/VG.

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Great Britain: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Fine/Near Fine. 1989. First Edition. Card Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0002176203 Hardcover First Edition Paris on the Eve 1900-1914,This portrait of Paris between 1900 and 1914, when it was the artistic centre of Europe, is evoked by a series of character sketches of important figures, such as Proust, Gide, Claudel, Debussy, Sarah Bernhardt, Picasso, Diaghilev and the Curies. By drawing together the threads of their lives the author distinguishes a subtlety and delicacy in artistic and intellectual life not present in the more pleasure-seeking 1890s. But dark political clouds were looming with the German occupation of Alsace-Lorraine, the Agadir crisis, and the effect on Germany of the growing Entente Cordiale - events of which intellectuals and artists failed to see the full significance. The author has written "Louis XIV", "Louis and Antoinette" and "Napoleon .