I Am the Most Interesting Book of All, Volume I: The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff

Fonthill Press is pleased to present the definitive edition of I AM THE MOST INTERESTING BOOK OF ALL, Volume I of The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff. Beautifully and meticulously translated by Katherine Kernberger, this lavishly illustrated and fully annotated edition encompasses entries from 1873—1876, seminal and tumultuous years in Marie’s brief life. Here you will find:


A fully active Table of Contents
Translator’s Preface
Introduction by Bashkirtseff scholar Charles Wm. Strong
Marie’s own Preface as she wrote it (not the highly amended and censored version that has circulated for over a century)
Scores of hyperlinked footnotes, allowing you to jump instantly from number to note and back again with ease
Exquisite illustrations—many heretofore never published—lending an intimate glimpse into Marie’s life and the vibrant fin de siècle world in which she lived and created her art
An encyclopedic Glossary