Octave Uzanne (1851–1931)
Author of The End of Books
About the Author
Image credit: Source: Figures contemporaines, tirées de l'album Mariani. Paris, Flammarion (1894)
Works by Octave Uzanne
El gabinete de un erotobibliómano 4 copies
Francaise Du Siecle 2 copies
Ingres 2 copies
Octave Uzanne. Le Célibat et l'amour, traité de vie passionnelle et de dilection féminine. Préface de Rémy de Gourmont (2008) 2 copies
Contes pour les bibliophiles 2 copies
Bibliofiele verhalen 2 copies
The sunshade, the glove, the muff 2 copies
Drawings of Watteau 2 copies
L'entail 1 copy
Un exlibris mal colocado 1 copy
Le Calendrier de Venus 1 copy
L'Art et l'Idee. 1 copy
Pietro Longhi 1 copy
Son altesse la femme 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Uzanne, Octave
- Legal name
- Uzanne, Louis Octave
- Other names
- Guet, Jehan du
La Cagoule
Villotte, Louis de - Birthdate
- 1851-09-14
- Date of death
- 1931-10-31
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- homme de lettres
bibliophile - Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Auxerre, Frankreich
- Places of residence
- Auxerre, France
Paris, France - Place of death
- Saint-Cloud, Frankreich
- Associated Place (for map)
- France
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Reviews
Read here: http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/u/uzanne/octave/end/
Yes, Uzanne is taking the piss, but 120 years later he seems remarkably prescient; the exact technology aside, he gives a decent description not only of where the publishing and news industry has been and is going in the early 21st century, but even outlines why; the excess of information, the need to have it available at short notice, the ability of anyone to get published on their own terms... He even acknowledges that with the show more death of the book comes an even greater availability of books (or novels). It's remarkable how, everytime something happens that leads someone to declare the book dead, starting with Socrates through Gutenberg to Edison to cinema to the computer to the e-reader, we also get access to far more literature than we had before the book "died". show less
Yes, Uzanne is taking the piss, but 120 years later he seems remarkably prescient; the exact technology aside, he gives a decent description not only of where the publishing and news industry has been and is going in the early 21st century, but even outlines why; the excess of information, the need to have it available at short notice, the ability of anyone to get published on their own terms... He even acknowledges that with the show more death of the book comes an even greater availability of books (or novels). It's remarkable how, everytime something happens that leads someone to declare the book dead, starting with Socrates through Gutenberg to Edison to cinema to the computer to the e-reader, we also get access to far more literature than we had before the book "died". show less
In 1882, Octave Uzanne published a scholarly and beautiful book of the history of ladies hand fans. Each page brings art to life with scrollwork, history of ladies hand fans with a plethora of nude images. After the 1882 French edition, the same book was translated in English and published in 1884.
Beautifully illustrated and produced book; history of transport to 1900 including a chapter on the automobile; French text. Limited edition 500 copies.
Je crois donc au succès de tout ce qui flattera et entretiendra la paresse et l’égoïsme de l’homme
(p. 12, “La Fin des livres”).
Jamais l’Hamlet de notre grand Will n’aura mieux dit : Words ! Words ! Words ! Des mots !… des mots qui passent et qu’on ne lira plus.
(p. 24, “La Fin des livres”).
Etrange d’intituler « La Fin des Livres » un recueil de nouvelles pour les bibliophiles, mais bon, les auteurs peuvent être excentriques. Cette première nouvelle n’est show more d’ailleurs pas inintéressante et prédit, avec une bonne centaine d’années d’avance, l’essor des livres audio (essor pas aussi flagrant que celui prédit par Octave Uzanne tout de même).
Mais ensuite, entre les histoires sans grand intérêt et le style pompeux, je n’ai pas réussi à m’intéresser à ce livre qui parle bien de bibliophiles, de gens attachés à l’objet livre, plus que de passionnés de lecture. J’ai fini par m’avouer vaincue, ne terminant même pas la nouvelle commencée. Un auteur obscur que je voulais découvrir, mais qui restera obscur pour moi. show less
Oct 23, 2021 (Edited)French
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Statistics
- Works
- 46
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 155
- Popularity
- #135,096
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 39
- Languages
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