{"id":12604,"date":"2022-12-15T15:41:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/?p=12604"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:53:22","slug":"small-guide-to-beautiful-books-to-put-under-the-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/small-guide-to-beautiful-books-to-put-under-the-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Small guide to beautiful books to put under the Christmas tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p>Books are always among the most popular gifts at Christmas. This year, publishers are focusing on carefully reissued literary classics.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Gallimard<\/strong> publishing house is pleased to present us with an unpublished text by <strong>Louis-Ferdinand C\u00e9line<\/strong>, the manuscript of which has recently been found. Called <em><strong>&#8220;Londres&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, this novel presents the journey of <strong>Ferdinand<\/strong>, a hero of the First World War who has left France for the British capital. There he meets up with his prostitute friend Ang\u00e8le, who is now married to the English Major Purcell. &#8220;Londres&#8221; is the great story of a double vocation: medicine and writing. <em>(24 euros)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12607\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12608\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/011018373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/011018373.jpg 554w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/011018373-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/011018373-370x534.jpg 370w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/011018373-185x267.jpg 185w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/011018373-20x29.jpg 20w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/011018373-400x578.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/011018373-33x48.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u00a9 Gallimard<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flammarion<\/strong> is releasing <em><strong>&#8220;Nana&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, the classic novel by <strong>\u00c9mile Zola<\/strong>, in a deluxe edition with a leather cover that weighs&#8230;1.7kg. <em>&#8220;The archives of Flammarion, founded in 1875, are full of treasures. This sumptuous 1882 edition of Emile Zola&#8217;s masterpiece is certainly one of them. It is a Nana in all her splendour that we rediscover in this volume, richly illustrated with more than seventy original engravings, bound in leather and gilded on the edge,&#8221;<\/em> explains<strong> Alain Flammarion<\/strong> <em>(190 euros)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12609\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12610\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782080295057.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782080295057.jpg 346w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782080295057-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782080295057-185x213.jpg 185w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782080295057-20x23.jpg 20w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782080295057-42x48.jpg 42w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u00a9 Flammarion<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For its part, <strong>Larousse<\/strong> has launched &#8220;luxury editions&#8221; of novels or very well-known authors.\u00a0 A hardback cover, beautiful illustrations and a single price (19.95 euros): enough to restore the lustre of masterpieces such as <em><strong>&#8220;Les Liaisons dangereuses&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> by <strong>Pierre Choderlos de Laclos<\/strong>, or <em><strong>&#8220;Persuasion<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; by <strong>Jane Austen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12612\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12613\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782036041707-001-T.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782036041707-001-T.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782036041707-001-T-204x300.jpeg 204w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782036041707-001-T-370x545.jpeg 370w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782036041707-001-T-185x272.jpeg 185w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782036041707-001-T-20x29.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9782036041707-001-T-33x48.jpeg 33w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u00a9 Larousse<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, at <strong>Les \u00e9ditions des Saints-P\u00e8res<\/strong>, the handwritten book takes on all its letters of nobility. You will find exceptional editions of great authors and poets. The book devoted to <strong>Arthur Rimbaud<\/strong> offers the manuscripts of all his poems known to date, sometimes in several versions. Some of them even have the particularity of having been written by <strong>Paul Verlaine<\/strong>.<em> (190 euros)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12614\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12615\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-20x20.jpg 20w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-185x185.jpg 185w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manuscrits-rimbaud-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u00a9 Editions des Saints-P\u00e8res<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read also &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/the-diane-de-selliers-publishing-house-when-art-meets-literature\/?lang=en\">THE DIANE DE SELLIERS PUBLISHING HOUSE: WHEN ART MEETS LITERATURE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo : \u00a9 Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bisson<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books are always among the most popular gifts at Christmas. 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