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Observatory
1970
PAPILLON
Henri Charriere
Cover of PAPILLON

PAPILLON

With an Introd. by Jean-Pierre Castelnau. Translated by June P. Wilson and Walter B. Michaels

by Henri Charriere

William Morrow and Company · 1970

Peak rank

#5

Weeks on list

10

Chart History

#1510151970
dashed = off the list

10 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #5

Papillon is an autobiographical novel, or sometimes referred to as a narrative novel. A memoir by convicted felon Henri Charrière that accounts for a fourteen-year period in Charrière's life (October 26, 1931 to October 18, 1945) from when he was wrongly convicted of murder in France and sentenced to a life of hard labor at the Devil's Island penal colony, to when he escaped from prison to Venezuela free of French justice.

All Appearances

9NEWOctober 4, 1970wk 1
10NEWOctober 18, 1970wk 2
10—October 25, 1970wk 3
5↑5November 1, 1970wk 4
8↓3November 8, 1970wk 5
5↑3November 15, 1970wk 6
6↓1November 22, 1970wk 7
9↓3November 29, 1970wk 8
10↓1December 6, 1970wk 9
9NEWDecember 27, 1970wk 10

Details

Published
1970
Pages
460
Publisher
William Morrow and Company
Google rating
5.0(2)
Categories
Prisoners

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