“So it came to pass that Louise, sitting on a high stool in Pradier's studio as she posed for yet another portrait, surrounded by antique casts, mounds of damp clay, groups of rowdy literati exchanging gossip over their pipes and champagne glasses, met the love of her life, an obscure young provincial who aspired to be a writer.”
Francine du Plessix Gray brilliantly resurrects Louise Colet, the heroic feminist and literary figure, in this ground-breaking biography.
Author: Francine du Plessix Gray
Title: Rage & Fire: A Life of Louise Colet, Pioneer Feminist, Literary Star, Flaubert’s Muse
Edition: First Edition, first printing
Published: New York et al: Simon & Schuster, 1994
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 432p
Condition: Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket—in new protector.
Comments: Clean copy
