R300.00
“In the early 1980s, William Blatchford claimed to have located a volume, ‘Memoirs of Cora Pearl,’ which he said had been published in 1890, after Pearl’s death. Supposedly an earlier version of the book that was published in 1886, this volume purported to date back to an earlier date, perhaps even as early 1873. Decidedly more frank and sexually explicit than the 1886 memoirs, their idiomatic English – expressive of a provincial, unsophisticated use of the language – convinced many people of the work’s authenticity when the memoirs were published by Granada .However, William Blatchford turned out to be a pseudonym adopted by the real author of the ‘memoirs’, Derek Parker, a former chairman of the Society of Authors, who later admitted that he had hoaxed Granada.”
Price: R300.00
Edition: First edition
Published: 1983
Publishers: Granada
Condition: Hardcover and dust jacket in good condition, with shelf wear around the edges of the cover and top and bottom of the spine. Internally in excellent condition – very clean and tightly bound.
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“In the early 1980s, William Blatchford claimed to have located a volume, ‘Memoirs of Cora Pearl,’ which he said had been published in 1890, after Pearl’s death. Supposedly an earlier version of the book that was published in 1886, this volume purported to date back to an earlier date, perhaps even as early 1873. Decidedly more frank and sexually explicit than the 1886 memoirs, their idiomatic English – expressive of a provincial, unsophisticated use of the language – convinced many people of the work’s authenticity when the memoirs were published by Granada .However, William Blatchford turned out to be a pseudonym adopted by the real author of the ‘memoirs’, Derek Parker, a former chairman of the Society of Authors, who later admitted that he had hoaxed Granada.”
Price: R300.00
Edition: First edition
Published: 1983
Publishers: Granada
Condition: Hardcover and dust jacket in good condition, with shelf wear around the edges of the cover and top and bottom of the spine. Internally in excellent condition – very clean and tightly bound.
Additional information
| Weight | 490 g |
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