L'Abbe Constantin.

New York, NY American Book Company, 1917. Hardcover Scattered PENCIL NOTATIONS and some notates at the rear pastedown endpaper, again in pencil. Else, Good+: shows light wear to the extremities (the corner tips are a little soft, but not much worn); just a touch of rubbing to the panels and a bit heavier at the backstrip; some faint smudging to the panels and darkening to the outside edges of the text block; the top edge is slightly dust-dulled. the binding is square and secure. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A good reading copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and minor cosmetic imperfections.NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (6.4 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches). 285 pages. Edited with Notes, Exercises and Vocabulary by Victor E. Francois, Ph.D. Illustrated with drawings in black & white and with a colored frontispiece by O.F. Howard. Blue buckram over boards with darker blue titles at the front panel and backstrip. Language: French with English helps, Notes & Vocabulary. Weight: 10.2 ounces. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Ludovic Halévy (1834 – 1908) was a French author and playwright, best known for his collaborations with Henri Meilhac on Georges Bizet's "Carmen" and on the works of Jacques Offenbach.The Abbot Constantine (1882) went through innumerable editions. Émile Zola had presented to the public an almost exclusive combination of bad men and women; in L'Abbé Constantin all are kind and good, and the change was eagerly welcomed by the public. Some enthusiasts robustly maintain that the Abbé will rank permanently in literature by the side of the equally chimerical Vicar of Wakefield. At any rate, it opened for M. Ludovic Halévy the doors of the Académie française, to which he was elected in 1884.