The crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (member of the Institute).
By: By Anatole France. The translation and introduction by Lafcadio Hearn.
Contributors: Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
Series: The continental classics -- v. 6
Publisher: Harper & brothers
Published: 1890
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 281
Work titles: Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard.
Description: In 19th-century Paris, a retiring philologist and bibliophile finds the daughter of a long ago love and resolves to provide for her. He discovers she is being mistreated by her guardian and abducts her for her own safety. When she marries, he sells his library to pay her dowry and retires to the country.