The Wonders of Pompeii - Marc Monnier

The Wonders of Pompeii

By Marc Monnier

  • Release Date: 2011-04-01
  • Genre: Travel in Europe

Description

Travelogue, first published in 1871. According to Wikipedia: "Marc Monnier (December 7, 1827 – April 18, 1885) was a French writer... He became professor of comparative literature at Geneva, and eventually vice-rector of the university. He died at Geneva on April 18, 1885. He wrote a series of short, satirical, dramatic sketches collected as Théâtre de marionettes (1871), and stories, notably Nouvelles napolitaines (1879), numerous works on Italian history, a translation of Goethe's Faust, Genève et ses poètes (1873), etc. The first volume of his Histoire de la littérature moderne, La Renaissance, de Dante a Luther (1884), was crowned by the French Academy."

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