Robin Buss

Robin Buss is a writer and translator who works for the Independent on Sunday and as television critic for The Times Educational Supplement. He studied at the University of Paris, where he earned a degree and a doctorate in French literature. He is part-author of the article “French Literature” in the Encyclopaedia Britannica and has published critical studies of works by Vigny and Cocteau and three books on European cinema, The French Through Their Films (1988), Italian Films (1989), and French Film Noir (1994). He has also translated a number of volumes for Penguin Classics.

Author Contributions

The Modern Classics Plague

The Modern Classics Plague

Albert Camus; Foreward by Tony Judt; Translated by Tony Judt and Robin Buss
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas père; Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Robin Buss; Cover Ilustration by Coralie Bickford-Smith
The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) On Suicide

On Suicide

Emile Durkheim
Therese Raquin

Therese Raquin

Emile Zola
The Black Tulip

The Black Tulip

Alexandre Dumas père; Translated with an Introduciton and Notes by Robin Buss
Au Bonheur des Dames The Princesse de Cleves

The Princesse de Cleves

Madame de Lafayette