René had an immediate impact comparable to that of Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther. These two novellas of the early French Romantic Movement Atala and René were first published in 1802 as part of Chateaubriand’s Génie du christianisme, (The Spirit of Christianity), though René was in fact an excerpt from a long prose epic the author had composed between 17 called Les Natchez, which would not be published until 1826.
With selected illustrations by various artists.Ī story of love and religion in the wilds of America, Atala was an appeal to nascent romantic sensibility and Chateaubriand's first fictional best sellerĪn autumnal classic of French Romanticsim personifying the mal du siècle (world weariness) of the age. New, Complete English Translations of Chateaubriand's Atala and René Chateaubriand gives a superb narrative of the major events of his life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830.François-René de Chateaubriand: Atala & René The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the greatest and most influential of all French autobiographies - an extraordinary, highly entertaining account of a uniquely adventurous and frenzied life. This book includes a narrative of the major events of author's life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830. Offers an account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions. Description for Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb Paperback.
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