Lust for Glory, Volume II: The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff

Fonthill Press is pleased to present the definitive edition of LUST FOR GLORY, Volume II of The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff. This stunning literary and artistic testament encompasses 1876—1884, the years of Marie’s awakening, of her ceaseless studio work and artistic development, and her rages against fleeting time and looming death. From precocious child she transitions into early, active feminist and premier artist of her time. LUST FOR GLORY documents a remarkable personal, literary and artistic evolution, and does so in Marie’s beautiful journal entries and magnificent art. Here you will find:

Hundreds of radiant, high quality digital reproductions of the paintings, drawings and sculptures
Dozens of photographs of Marie’s fin de siècle world
A fully active Table of Contents
Hundreds of hyperlinked footnotes allowing you to instantly jump from number to note and back again with ease
Appendices including full Glossary, Chronology, accounts of Marie’s Legend, Funeral & thereafter