Stock is a French
publisher
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, a subsidiary of
Hachette Livre
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, which itself is part of the
Lagardère Group
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Headed ...
.
It was founded in the 18th century by André Cailleau, who was succeeded in 1753 by Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne, who published
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...
and
Rousseau
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. At the beginning of the 19th century, the publisher was called "Au Temple du goût". In the middle of the century it changed hands and was eventually bought up by Pierre-Victor Stock, who ran it from 1877 to 1921 and gave it its current name.
During the
Dreyfus affair, Stock published many essays on the subject, including Dreyfus's own ''Lettres d'un innocent''. In his memoir ''Mémorandum d'un éditeur'', Pierre-Victor Stock estimated that Stock had published around 150 works connected with the Dreyfus affair.
In the early 20th century, Stock ran into legal and financial difficulties. It was taken over in 1921 by Maurice Delamain and
Jacques Chardonne, who renamed it "Stock, Delamain et Boutelleau". In 1961, Delamain and Chardonne sold Stock to
Hachette.
Since the mid-20th century, Stock has specialised in foreign literature and non-fiction.
Book series
* Bibliothèque Cosmopolite
* Les Contemporains: Œuvres et Portraits du XXe Siècle
* La Cosmopolite
* Échanges
* Les Femmes au temps de...
* Un Livre, une Vie
Stock
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* Nouveau Cabinet Cosmopolite
* Stock-Bleu
References
Further reading
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External links
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Stock
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