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Belle du Seigneur

by Albert Cohen · 1968

Les Valeureux series

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In 1930s Geneva, an official who rose high in the League of Nations by concealing his Jewish roots sets out to seduce a colleague's wife who represents his ideal of absolute love. A look at the mores and manners of the day.

Genre
romanceromanceMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiseroticaeroticaMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisGenevaGenevaMore like thisLess of thisSwitzerlandSwitzerlandMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 1110 pages

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