num_pages: 364
description: it was Monsieur Teste, the arch cynic, who knew well that the mind which consents to fame is a mind flawed. Valery's own ambition at twenty, as at forty, was to avoid this error, to safeguard his secrets, to choose anonymity.
language: English
title: An Anthology
titlecomplete: An Anthology
genres: Essays, Poetry, Philosophy
ratings_count: 64
publisher: Princeton University Press