The great cat massacre 1984
By Robert Darnton, Robert Darnton, Robert Darnton, Robert Darnton, Eugène Dabekaussen, Barbara de Lange, Tilly Maters
- Civilization, Folklore, French National characteristics, France, intellectual life
In this series of essays, Robert Darnton exhumes the strange and wonderful world views of the ordinary and extraordinary people inhabiting the cities, towns and countryside of France in what we like to call the age of enlightenment.
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Cool, classical in form, contemplative and prestige.
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- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Robert Darnton, Robert Darnton, Robert Darnton, Robert Darnton, Eugène Dabekaussen, Barbara de Lange, Tilly Maters
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, Allen Lane, Basic Books
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- Korean, Portuguese, French, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9782010117053
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Robert Choate Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France. He was director of the Harvard University Library from 2007 to 2016. **Source**: [Robert Darnton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Darnton) on Wikipedia.
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