Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging…

A major celebration of the French short story, spanning three centuries

The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous…

Originally published in French as Le condottiaere, A 2012 by aEditions du Seuil –Title page verso.

Examines the struggle between Totalitarianism and democracy and its effects on human life and consciousness. This book explores the history of the twentieth century not only by analyzing its spectacular…

A vivid historical novel set in the fifteenth century, by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize

This up-to-date account of the novel’s composition, structure, and achievement provides readers with the literary and historical knowledge needed to make sense of the text. Professor Bellos explains how Balzac…

By the early 1970s, Romain Gary had established himself as one of France’s most popular and prolific novelists, journalists, and memoirists. Playing with novelistic categories and authorial voice, this work…

Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature…