Description: Eugene Sue MYSTERIES OF PARIS 1844 1st US Edition - Social Conscience Karl Marx TITLE: The Mysteries of Paris: A Romance of the Rich and PoorAUTHOR: Eugene Sue Translated from the French by Henry C. Deming. PUBLISHER: J. Winchester, New World Press, 50 Ann Street New-York DATE: 1844 [Title page] 1843 [caption title] DESCRIPTION: [2], 347, [3] pages ; 29 cm. 11.6 inches x 7.6 inches. Double column with caption title on page 1.CONDITION: VERY GOOD. Solid page and cover attachment. Some puckering in the pages, but unobtrusive. Clean and generally free of spotting and free of marks. BINDING: Original paper boards..Originally written in French, Mysteries of Paris was a one-of-a-kind publishing phenomena in France. Issued serially in 90 parts in Journal des débats from 19 June 1842 until 15 October 1843, making it one of the first installment novels published in France [Taylor]. A runaway bestseller, it attracted the notice of Karl Marx who wrote a serious review. Contemporary authors described long queues of eager readers awaiting each chapter installment at Paris's many booksellers and stalls. Readers were fascinated by what amounts to a soap opera today, but at the time offered a frank and forbidden exposé of wealth and poverty in Paris. .Two competing editions were offered in the United States in 1843. The present Deming translation, published by New World Press. And the Harper & Brothers edition, a different translation, which is typically credited as being the first American Edition, and was probably offered in book form prior to this serialized version, though only by a matter of weeks or months. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
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Author: Eugene Sue
Binding: Hardcover
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Language: English
Origin: American
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: New York World Press
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Subject: Law & Government
Topic: Sociology
Year Printed: 1843
