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The first English translation of BERLIN by the great French poet Jules Laforgue, whose works greatly influenced T S Eliot and Ezra Pound. Shortly before his death, Laforgue, who has been called the French Keats, was appointed the daily French Reader' to the Empress Augusta, a descendant of Catherine the Great and a German princess who despised most things German. This book is a precise, witty detail of everyday Berlin life in the 1880's.'

Berlin The City And The Court

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      Publisher: Turtle Point Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/04/2000
      ISBN13: 9781885983022, 978-1885983022
      ISBN10: 1885983026

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      Book Synopsis
      The first English translation of BERLIN by the great French poet Jules Laforgue, whose works greatly influenced T S Eliot and Ezra Pound. Shortly before his death, Laforgue, who has been called the French Keats, was appointed the daily French Reader' to the Empress Augusta, a descendant of Catherine the Great and a German princess who despised most things German. This book is a precise, witty detail of everyday Berlin life in the 1880's.'

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