First Love and Other Novellas - Penguin Classics

Samuel Beckett, Gerry Dukes

Paperback (24 Feb 2000)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This new collection brings together First Love, The Calamative, The End and The Expelled; these four novellas are among the first major works of Beckett's decision to use French as his language of literary composition. Rich in verbal and situational humour, they offer a fascinating insight into many of the issues which preoccupied Beckett all his working life. As the first novella reveals, nobody writes with quite such cruel and unnervingly clever wit as Beckett...

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Penguin Classics

In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.

Book information

ISBN:	9780141180151
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Pub date:	24 Feb 2000
DEWEY:	843.912
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	99
Weight:	92g
Height:	196mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	8mm