Published in 1912, when Anatole France was sixty-eight, The Gods Will Have Blood is the story of Gamelin, an idealistic young artist appointed as a magistrate during the French Revolution. Gamelin's ideals lead him to the most monstrous mass murder of his countrymen, and the links between Gamelin and his family, his mistress and the humanist Brotteaux are catastrophically severed. The Gods Will Have Blood recreates the violence and devastation of the Terror with breathtaking power, and weaves into it a tale which grips, convinces and profoundly moves. The perfection of Anatole France's prose style, with its myriad subtle ironies, is here translated by Frederick Davies with admirable skill and sensitivity. That The Gods Will Have Blood is Anatole France's masterpiece is beyond doubt. It is also one of the most brilliantly polished novels in French literature.

The Gods Will Have Blood: Les Dieux Ont Soif

Literature & Fiction

FRANCE, Anatole

Literary

Penguin Classics

A Penguin Classic It is April 1793 and the final power struggle of the French Revolution is taking hold: the aristocrats are dead and the poor are fighting for bread in the streets. In a Paris swept by fear and hunger lives Gamelin, a revolutionary young artist appointed magistrate, and given the power of life and death over the citizens of France. But his intense idealism and unbridled single-mindedness drive him inexorably towards catastrophe. Published in 1912, The Gods Will Have Blood is a breathtaking story of the dangers of fanaticism, while its depiction of the violence and devastation of the Reign of Terror is strangely prophetic of the sweeping political changes in Russia and across Europe. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Gods Will Have Blood (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Anatole France, de son nom exact FranÃ§ois-Anatole Thibault, (1844-1924), nÃ Ã Paris, quai Malaquais, est un Ãcrivain franÃ§ais. Il est considÃrÃ comme lâ€™un des plus grands Ãcrivains de la TroisiÃ¨me RÃpublique dont il fut Ãgalement lâ€™un des plus importants critiques littÃraires, et comme lâ€™une des consciences les plus significatives de son temps, sâ€™engageant en faveur de nombreuses causes sociales et politiques du dÃbut du XXe siÃ¨cle. Anatole France fait ses Ãtudes au collÃ¨ge Stanislas. Il est disciple de Leconte de lisle, avec qui il travaillera quelque temps comme bibliothÃcaire au SÃnat. France connaÃt son premier succÃ¨s public, en 1881, avec Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard, couronnÃ par lâ€™AcadÃmie franÃ§aise. Il rejoint Ã‰mile Zola, avec qui il sâ€™est rÃconciliÃ, lors de lâ€™affaire Dreyfus. Il participe Ã la fondation de la Ligue des droits de lâ€™homme. Son engagement dreyfusard se retrouve dans les quatre tomes de son Histoire Contemporaine (1897- 1901). Il est laurÃat en 1921 du prix Nobel de littÃrature pour lâ€™ensemble de son oeuvre. Ses oeuvres comprennent: ThaÃ¯s (1890), Le Jardin dâ€™Ã‰picure (1895), Pierre NoziÃ¨re (1899) et Lâ€™ÃŽle des Pingouins (1908).

Thaïs

University of Chicago Press

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The twentieth-century classic satire of French history in which an island of penguins are accidentally baptized in mistake for men

Penguin Island (Modern Library, 210.1)

Classics

Modern Library

Penguin Island

"Penguin Island" from Anatole France. French poet, journalist, and novelist (1844-1924).

Genre Fiction

Signet Classics

Books are missing from the archbishop's shelves and the librarian is helpless to explain until the culprit is revealed: Arcade, the clergyman's guardian angel, has been educating himself. Immersion in works of philosophy and science has convinced Arcade that God is a cruel tyrant. Revolution is the only answer, and Arcade joins a host of fallen angels to mount a rebellion that proposes to install Satan on the throne of heaven. This 1914 novel by Nobel laureate Anatole France offers a brilliant satire of war, government, and religion. Published on the eve of World War I, the fable voices an ever-resonant protest against violence and despotism. The author's sense of humor brings a remarkably contemporary air to the Paradise Lost scenario, and stunning black-and-white illustrations by Frank C. Papé complement the tale's fantasy elements.

The Revolt of the Angels (Dover Thrift Editions)

Humor & Satire

Dover Publications

When a bumbling holy man mistakenly baptizes a colony of penguins, God endows the animals with souls and their formerly peaceful community declines into a maelstrom of violence and sin. This witty allegory lampoons French history from ancient to modern times, taking satirical swipes at socialists, royalists, industrialists, militarists, and even the Dreyfus affair, and concluding with a remarkably prescient view of the future. Indeed, more than a hundred years after its initial publication, the story's insights into politics and society remain enduringly relevant. Poet, novelist, and journalist Anatole France (1844–1924) received the Nobel Prize in 1921 in recognition of his literary achievements. His writings reflect an ironic and skeptical point of view, and many of his works were placed on the Roman Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books. This edition of Penguin Island is enhanced with the original black-and-white images by noted illustrator Frank C. Papé.

Penguin Island (Dover Thrift Editions)

United States

Books are missing from the archbishop's shelves and the librarian is helpless to explain until the culprit is revealed: Arcade, the clergyman's guardian angel, has been educating himself. Immersion in works of philosophy and science has convinced Arcade that God is a cruel tyrant. Revolution is the only answer, and Arcade joins a host of fallen angels to mount a rebellion that proposes to install Satan on the throne of heaven.This 1914 novel by Nobel laureate Anatole France offers a brilliant satire of war, government, and religion. Published on the eve of World War I, the fable voices an ever-resonant protest against violence and despotism. The author's sense of humor brings a remarkably contemporary air to the Paradise Lost scenario, and stunning black-and-white illustrations by Frank C. Papé complement the tale's fantasy elements.

The Revolt of the Angels

Dramas & Plays

Our Children: Scenes From the Country and the Town

Arts & Photography

Wentworth Press

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The Gods Will Have Blood: Les Dieux Ont Soif

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Thaïs

Thaïs

Penguin Island (Modern Library, 210.1)

Penguin Island

The Revolt of the Angels (Dover Thrift Editions)

Penguin Island (Dover Thrift Editions)

The Revolt of the Angels

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