{"product_id":"selected-poems-dual-language-edition-paperback","title":"Selected Poems: Dual-Language Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrooks Haxton\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eBrooks Haxton\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most of his life, \u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e (1802-1885) was the most famous writer in the world. His legacy includes the nineteenth century's most celebrated works of drama, fiction, memoir, and criticism. But in his day Hugo was know foremost as a poet-indeed the greatest French poet of the age. He wrote with passion about history, erotic experience, familial love, philosophy, nature, social justice, art, and mysticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this new bicentennial edition, acclaimed poet and translator Brooks Haxton offers an exquisite selection of Hugo's finest work: love poems, historical tableaux, elegy, and idyll, including his incomparable \"Boaz Asleep,\" which Marcel Proust praised as the most beautiful poem of the nineteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e (1802-85) was a forceful and prolific writer. He became a committed social democrat and during the Second Empire of Napoleon III was exiled from France, living in the Channel Islands. His body is now buried in the Pantheon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrooks Haxton\u003c\/b\u003e's poetry translations include \u003cb\u003eDances for Flute and Thunder: Poems from the Ancient Greek\u003c\/b\u003e, which was nominated for a PEN translation award, and Victor Hugo's \u003cb\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/b\u003e for Penguin Classics.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 6.9 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758960640288,"sku":"9780142437032","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/27974cee2b6c38cc911948a379eb548e.webp?v=1780140015","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/selected-poems-dual-language-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}