page_title: Bibliothèque de la Pléiade
section_title: Books
hierarchical_section_title: Bibliothèque de la Pléiade / Books
caption_attribution_description: English: Baudelaire, published by Gallimard, collection La Pléiade, Complete Works, volume I, cover. 1975 edition. Picture by Carjat (1862). Français&#160;: Baudelaire, collection Bibliothèque de La Pléiade, Gallimard, Œuvres complètes, volume I, jaquette. Edition de 1975. Photo par Carjat (1862).
context_page_description: The Bibliothèque de la Pléiade is a French editorial collection which was created in 1931 by Jacques Schiffrin, an independent young editor. Schiffrin wanted to provide the public with reference editions of the complete works of classic authors in a pocket format. André Gide took an interest in Schiffrin's project and brought it into Gallimard, under which imprint it is still published.
  The Pléiade has a strong emphasis on works that were originally written in French, though the collection also includes classics of world literature, such as bilingual editions of the works of William Shakespeare, or French editions of Jane Austen's work. To date, more than eight hundred books have been published in the series, with eleven books generally published every year. The "entry into the Pléiade" is considered a major sign of recognition for an author in France, and it is extremely rare that a living author is published in the Pléiade.
  In 1992, Gallimard and Einaudi began a similar series of literature in Italian, the Biblioteca della Pléiade. The Library of America series, launched in 1979, is a similar project in the United States inspired by the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade.
caption: Title page of a work of Charles Baudelaire in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade
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