Robert Lethbridge

Robert Lethbridge is Emeritus Honorary Professor of nineteenth-century French Literature at Cambridge University and Professor Emeritus of French Language and Literature at the University of London. He was formerly Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He is the author of Maupassant: ‘Pierre et Jean’ and has edited Pierre et Jean and Bel- Ami for Oxford University Press’s World Classics series. The majority of his publications have been devoted to the work of Émile Zola and the relationship between literature and the visual arts in late nineteenth-century France.

Robert Lethbridge

Robert Lethbridge is Emeritus Honorary Professor of nineteenth-century French Literature at Cambridge University and Professor Emeritus of French Language and Literature at the University of London. He was formerly Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He is the author of Maupassant: ‘Pierre et Jean’ and has edited Pierre et Jean and Bel- Ami for Oxford University Press’s World Classics series. The majority of his publications have been devoted to the work of Émile Zola and the relationship between literature and the visual arts in late nineteenth-century France.

Books by Robert Lethbridge

  • Guy de Maupassant's Selected Works: A Norton Critical Edition

    Guy de Maupassant, Sandra Smith, Robert Lethbridge

    First Edition, Paperback, 2016

    This Norton Critical Edition includes thirty of Guy de Maupassant’s best short stories centring on war, the supernatural and French life, with an introduction and explanatory footnotes.
  • Guy de Maupassant's Selected Works: A Norton Critical Edition

    Guy de Maupassant, Sandra Smith, Robert Lethbridge

    First Edition, E Book, 2021

    “Smith successfully captures Maupassant’s depiction of nineteenth-century French culture using terminology that allows these wonderful texts to reach a fresh generation of readers. A solid...