Éditions Gallimard is the second most important Frenchpublisher, and probably the most respected. In 2003 its subsidiaries and it published 1418 titles.
It was founded in 1911 in Paris by Gaston Gallimard as Les Éditions de la NrF.
Gallimard can only respect himself if he has a woman who does not have a mind of her own, whose only thought is of pleasing her man at all costs.
Gallimard recognizes the change in Song, admitting that her “drawing back at the moment of [his] capitulation” may have been her smartest move, but by this point he is so smitten that almost nothing she could do would change his feelings (1396).
Gallimard does not consider at length the implications of his lover being both a man and a spy— his heart is broken because his lover was a real person, not the Perfect Woman he had constructed in his mind.
Gallimard's father also possessed large collection of rare first editions and used his wealth to finance the printing of deluxe editions, sometimes limited to as few as two or three copies.
Gallimard wishes to be worthy of the literary heritage and values which presided over its creation, while at the same time preserving its financial and commercial independence, and developing original market strategies.
Gallimard's hopes to resume publication were kindled by two special issues that had been permitted.