The Wandering Jew: A Novel - Softcover

Sue, Eugène

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620876434 ISBN 13: 9781620876435

Publisher: Skyhorse, 2013

Synopsis

Written in 1845, just 3 years before revolutions swept Europe, The Wandering Jew is a classic French novel that became an international bestseller. Originally serialized in a French newspaper, the novel created an instant controversy with it

About this title

Book Description:

"For in the great page turners, from Clarissa to the Godfather, length becomes a positive virtue: No one wants the fun to stop." --Thomas M. Disch

About the Author:

Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (1804 –1857) was a bestselling French novelist.  He was the author of Mysteries of Paris (which was banned in France on its publication) and The Seven Cardinal Sins. His Mathilde (1841) contains the first known expression of the popular proverb “La vengeance se mange très-bien froide,” translated in English as “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” It is also rumored that Sue had a novel bound in the skin of a woman who loved him.

About this edition

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1620876434
• ISBN 13: 9781620876435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1376