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Hollywood Comics 2/28/2015 12: 00: 00 AM Softcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Hollywood Comics 2/28/2015 12: 00: 00 AM Softcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
ISBN10: 1612273726, ISBN13: 9781612273723, [publisher: Hollywood Comics] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Pierre Véron (1833-1900) was a frequent contributor to two of the most popular Parisian humorous papers, Le Charivari (which served as the model for the English magazine Punch) and the Journal Amusant, until becoming editor-in-chief of both in 1874, retaining that position until a few months before his death. Although The Merchants of Health (1862) is set on the Planet Fantasia, it really is an ironic reflections on the French medical system of its era. Despite the fact that modern medicine is far more competent and better organized, it is disturbing to see how many of his observations regarding the psychology of patients and some of the tendencies of the 'merchants of health' still ring a bell today. Mister Nobody (1864) lavishly explores an immense future Paris of the 20th century and offers an ironic look at the future of Parisian life. Six more stories complete this panorama of Véron's fiction, contemporary with Jules Verne the birth of the roman scientifique. Véron is a significant precursor of Albert Robida's more elaborate series of humorous accounts of 20th century life. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2015] ...
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. ISBN 1612273726 9781612273723 [US]
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