GONCOURT (Edmond et Jules de) - Journal, mémoires de la vie - Lot 922

GONCOURT (Edmond et Jules de) - Journal, mémoires de la vie littéraire 1851-1895. Paris, Flammarion et Fasquelle, 1935; in-12, approx. 300 pp. per volume, paperback. All 10 volumes. Definitive edition. Also Manette Salomon by the same authors and publishers. The Goncourt brothers, Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt, were two 19th-century French writers of the naturalist school. They collaborated on novels such as Germinie Lacerteux (1865), based on the double life of their servant, and Lorette et l'Art du XVIIIème siècle (1859-1875). They detested philanthropy and "bien-pensance", and loved Saint-Simon, Père Duchesne and the memorialists (Châteaubriant). The Goncourt brothers hail from Lorraine, from a village that bears their name. They are known for their love of antiques. Their best-known book is the Journal. Their name is linked to the famous prize awarded every year at the beginning of November. Expert: Mr. Philippe HENRY