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Falconet is the name generally given to the untitled, final and unfinished novel of the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, who died before completing it.
Early in the novel an unknown middle-aged gentleman takes a hackney carriage journey from the London port to a hotel accompanied by a buddhist called Kusinara whom he has met on the voyage and who has come to England to investigate reports that it is in decline.
15 de may. de 2024 · Benjamin Disraeli. (1804—1881) prime minister and novelist. Quick Reference. (1804–81), first earl of Beaconsfield, politician, prime minister, novelist, eldest son of I. D'israeli. He was to attempt an ambitious variety of literary forms before he settled on the novel.
In a final chapter I will examine the reception of Falconet’s Pygmalion by the Académie through the related text in le Mercure. Where possible, concerning primary sources, I will use the techniques of ‘close reading’, because it enables a structured approach of the text. Finally, I will make some concluding remarks.
- Constance Moet
Endymion is a novel published in 1880 by Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, the former Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was paid an advance of £10,000 for it (equivalent to £1,257,376 in 2023). [1] . It was the last novel Disraeli published before his death.
In this production [Falconet] has united the greatest simplicity with the truest sublimity of conception. No other statue, whether ancient or modern, gave him the design, which is singular in its kind, and is admirably adapted to express the character of the man and the nation over which he reigned. —Nathaniel Wraxall Jr. (1776)
Collection. Département des Objets d'art du Moyen Age, de la Renaissance et des temps modernes. Artist/maker / School / Artistic centre. Manufacture de Sèvres. Falconet, Etienne Maurice (Paris, 1716 - Paris, 1791), Sculpteur, D'après, (modèle) Description. Object name/Title. Titre : Pygmalion et Galathée. Type of object.
