The only available edition in English of the greatest of all French autobiographies By the time he came to write his extraordinary, highly entertaining memoirs, Chateaubriand had witnessed some of the iconic figures and events of French history—from the court of Louis XVI, to the reign of Napoleon, to the disaster of Waterloo, to life under the Restoration. Written across different times and places, Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb tells of exotic adventures to the farthest points of the globe, of heroic battles and political struggles, and of the loneliness of a restless soul. And its startling candor—because it would be published only “from beyond the tomb”—makes it almost ridiculously enjoyable. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 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.

Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb

Biographies & Memoirs

François-René de Chateaubriand

Arts & Literature

Penguin Classics

Excerpt from Le Conservateur, 1819, Vol. 2 Car de quel droit le monarque, qui compte quelques millions de catholiques au nombre de ses sujets tendroit - il son sceptre sur une consti tation qui r git tous les catholiques du monde? L'unit de dogme de culte et de minist re r siste tout changement partiel; et puisque l' glise est fond e sur cette unit les princes seraient oblig s de l'an antir dans le rs Etats pour avoir droit de la gouverner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Le Conservateur, 1819, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Forgotten Books

Chateaubriand was the giant of French literature in the early nineteenth century. Drawing on eighteenth-century English romanticists, on explorers in America, and on Goethe's Werther, he had a profound effect on French writers from Victor Hugo and Lamartine to George Sand and Flaubert. A quixotic and paradoxical personality, he combined impressive careers as a brilliant prose-poet, a spiritual guide, a high-ranking diplomat, and an enterprising lover. Atala and René are his two best-known works, reflecting not only his own joys, aspirations, and despair, but the emerging tastes of a new literary era. Atala is the passionate and tragic love story of a young Indian couple wandering in the wilderness, enthralled by the beauties of nature, drawn to a revivified Christianity by its esthetic charm and consoling beneficence, and finally succumbing to the cruelty of fate. Perhaps even more than Werther or Childe Harold, René embodies the romantic hero, and is not wholly foreign to the disorientation of youth today. Solitary, mysterious, ardent, and poetic, he is in open revolt against a society whose values he rejects. Withough question this archetype played a large part in determining the course of French literature up to the 1850's.

Atala / Rene

Literature & Fiction

United States

University of California Press

Memoires d'Outre Tombe

Chateaubriand, François-René De

French & European Pubns

Francois Rene de Chateaubriand's famous autobiographical history, "Rene et Atala" are hallmarks of French romanticism. Originally published in 1802, these works are essential reading for any admirer of French literature.

Rene Et Atala (French Edition)

Classics

Chatterley Pr Intl

Excerpt from Atala and René Edited With Introduction and Notes The text used in the present volume has been taken from the octave edition published by Garnier Freres, and the older orthography in oi, as there given, has been preserved. A few slight corrections have been found necessary, some minor changes in punctuation have seemed advisable, and such brief omissions have been made in the subject -matter as our classroom standards would suggest. As it is assumed that the study of Chateaubriand will be taken up with advanced students, it is for such that this edition has been prepared. Hence in the matter of annotation fullness has9 not been aimed at, and little or no grammatical assistance has been given. For the same reason the editor has felt free to quote, in Intro duction or Notes, short critical or explanatory passages in the original French. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Atala and René: Edited with Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint)

Rene (French Edition)

Editions Larousse

Formidable témoin de son temps, spectateur actif d'une époque tourmentée, Chateaubriand traverse le siècle, le fixe et le transfigure dans ces Mémoires. Mémoires ou fiction ? À bien des moments on hésite, tant il met en scène sa vie comme on écrit un roman, tant ses incroyables aventures font de lui un véritable personnage, dont rêveraient les plus grands romanciers. Des brumes bretonnes aux rives américaines du Mississippi, de Londres à Rome et de Rome à Paris, il est tour à tour exilé, professeur, ambassadeur, ministre, royaliste convaincu et néanmoins grand admirateur de Napoléon... Adulé, courtisé, il décide pourtant de quitter la vie publique pour se consacrer à son grand projet : ses mémoires. Elles l'occuperont plus de trente ans.D'outre-tombe, la voix du génie s'élève avec toujours autant de force, et rappelle que le vieux maître d'Atala et de René, qui passe pour le père du romantisme, est avant tout l'une des plus extraordinaires plumes de la littérature française. --Karla Manuele --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Memoires d'Outre-Tombe 1 (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade) (French Edition)

Genre Fiction

French and European Publications Inc

Memoires d'Outre-Tombe 2 (French Edition) (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade)

Cette édition s'efforce de présenter les écrits purement littéraires de Chateaubriand dans un ordre à la fois chronologique et thématique. Ainsi le lecteur pourra relire un écrivain qui ne fut pas seulement chantre de sa propre désespérance et du néant, artiste frileux réfléchissant sur son art, historien consciencieux, mais aussi le plus intraitable génie contestataire. Toute son uvre en effet s'insurge contre une religion mal comprise qui mutile l'homme, contre une fausse civilisation égoïste et cruelle qui monopolise morale et culture. Reflet de son temps, Chateaubriand l'est également du nôtre. Le texte a été établi d'après celui des uvres complètes parues chez Ladvocat. On a consulté les manuscrits accessibles et découvert des sources de l' uvre qui s'ajoutent, nombreuses, à celles que nous connaissions déjà, surtout à propos des Martyrs et du Voyage en Amérique. Cette édition devient ainsi un instrument de travail enrichissant et suggestif.

Chateaubriand : Oeuvres romanesques et voyages, tome 1 (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade) (French Edition)

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