First Edition. Hardbound. 1st UK Edition of Barthes' classic analysis of pleasure in reading. Very Good plus unclipped and unsunned dustwrapper . 8vo 68pp . Very Good plus in Very Good plus dustwrapper.

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Title: The Pleasure of the Text
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publication Date: 1976
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0224011871
ISBN 13: 9780224011877
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.

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English, French (translation)

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Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and the classics at the University of Paris. After teaching French at universities in Romania and Egypt, he joined the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, where he devoted himself to research in sociology and lexicology. He was a professor at the College de France until his death in 1980.

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