Lot 296
  • 296

Nodier, Charles

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Nodier, Charles
  • TRILBY ou le Lutin d’Argail. Nouvelle écossoise. Troisième édition. Paris, Ladvocat, 1822. In-12, maroquin violine, dentelle à froid et filet doré, dos orné, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches lisses (Vogel).
Édition originale. Exemplaire avec mention fictive de troisième édition sur la page de titre.

Nodier, dans Trilby, a secoué le joug des horreurs frénétiques [...]. La grâce et le charme [...] règnent partout dans Trilby. Les pages descriptives s’y rencontrent souvent mais elles ont le vague d’Ossian et du brouillard si ce n’est le vague du rêve et du monde des fées. Trilby est un lutin qui fait penser au monde féérique de Shakespeare (Hartland, Walter Scott et le roman « frénétique », p. 117).



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Condition

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