Le Monde et sa moitié

The World's Wife

By (author) Carol Ann Duffy Edited and translated by Camille Fort Edited and translated by Bastien Goursaud Series edited by Florence Lautel-Ribstein Series edited by Marc-André Buhot de Launay

Book cover: Le Monde et sa moitié

Extent: 263 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Language & Linguistics

Series: Translatio

Series volume number: 18, 1

Language: English, French

Paperback (Published)

(June 2026)

ISBN: 9782406190233

5.94 x 8.66 inches

Price: $35.00

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Hardback (Published)

(June 2026)

ISBN: 9782406190240

5.94 x 8.66 inches

Price: $105.00

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In The World’s Wife, a collection of thirty dramatic monologues (here translated into French), Carol Ann Duffy–England’s first female Poet Laureate–gives a voice to those forgotten wives and “better halves” often silenced and reduced to footnotes in the biographies of great men. Bilingual English-French edition


In The World’s Wife, a collection of thirty dramatic monologues (here translated into French), Carol Ann Duffy–England’s first female Poet Laureate–gives a voice to those forgotten wives and “better halves” often silenced and reduced to footnotes in the biographies of great men. Bilingual English-French edition

  • By (author) Carol Ann Duffy
  • Edited and translated by Camille Fort
  • Edited and translated by Bastien Goursaud
  • Series edited by Florence Lautel-Ribstein
  • Series edited by Marc-André Buhot de Launay