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In this tragi-comic novel of 1967, French and English are thrown together during World War II as a French Canadian soldier killed at war is returned to his Quebec village by seven English Canadian soldiers. Tensions between French and English which still haunt Canada are conveyed in this story.

This edition of "Manon Lescaut" incorporates an English introduction and footnotes. It assesses the persuasiveness of the self-justifying narrative which lies at the heart of the book, and on interpreting the motivation of the main characters whose tragic love-affair the novel charts.

This edition of Maeterlinck's "Peleas et Melisande" includes English language introduction and notes, and is designed to make accessible a classic text which heralded the ethos of modernism of the late 20th century.