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Humor & Entertainment

Rushton, Dorgan

Humor

Willow Books

The wickedly funny letters of an innocent abroad. In 1900, Godwyn Ainsley Ffrench, a young English gentleman, is banished by his father to Paris. There he finds himself thrust into the demimonde of Montmartre. From his deliciously naive correspondence with his sister Augustine, we learn how he crosses paths with a number of artistic giants of La Belle Epoque, including Oscar Wilde and Toulouse-Lautrec. Penniless and armed only with a French-English dictionary, Godwyn struggles to survive a freezing winter in Picasso's garret, unscrupulous Parisian neighbors, and the constant attentions of his landlady, the garlic-loving Madame Leclerc. He loses his money, his innocence, and his trousers--though not necessarily in that order. An exceedingly funny little bedside volume, brilliantly illustrated by the peerless Willie Rushton. 88 pp 5 x 8 14 color & 36 b/w illustrations

The Ffrench Letters: Of Godwyn Ainsley Ffrench

Andre Deutsch Ltd.

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The Ffrench Letters: Of Godwyn Ainsley Ffrench