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inauthor:"François René de Chateaubriand" from books.google.com
In this new edition (the first unabridged translation of any portion of the Memoirs to be published in more than a century), Chateaubriand emerges as a writer of great wit and clarity, a self-deprecating egoist whose meditations on the ...
inauthor:"François René de Chateaubriand" from books.google.com
The novel's influence can be seen in later works by writers such as Victor Hugo and Lord Byron.
inauthor:"François René de Chateaubriand" from books.google.com
Chateaubriand was the giant of French literature in the early nineteenth century.
inauthor:"François René de Chateaubriand" from books.google.com
Selections spanning the years 1768 to 1841, include memorable character sketches of contemporary personalities, notably Napoleon and Washington, descriptions of travel in Europe and America and eye-witness accounts of important historical ...
inauthor:"François René de Chateaubriand" from books.google.com
Chateaubriand's Travels in America, presented here in its first modern translation, was a reflection of the attitudes of his epoch toward the New World.
inauthor:"François René de Chateaubriand" from books.google.com
In this prodigious work of apologetics, Chateaubriand defends Christianity against Enlightenment attacks, focusing particularly on the ways in which it nurtures and enriches art, literature, architecture, and culture.