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Paul and Virginia, Paperback / softback Book

Paul and Virginia Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's only novel is a classic of naive love.

First published in 1788 to wide acclaim, it subsequently appeared in hundreds of editions throughout the world and influenced a generation of French writers, from George Sand and Lamartine to Balzac and Flaubert.

In modern times it has inspired movies such as The Blue Lagoon, major musicals, artworks, a hit song by Celine Dion and even a chain of luxury hotels on Mauritius!

Bernardin was inspired by his friend Rousseau to tell the story of two children who grow up entirely according to nature's laws, on a paradise island, free from the corrupting influence of the world.

They reach adolescence and fall in love, but tragedy strikes and both die untimely deaths.

A key text in the development of the novel, Paul and Virginia is a must for anyone interested in the history of European literature.

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