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That institution, built by the sea shore, suits the state of my soul. At night, in the depths of my cell, I will hear the murmur of the waves bathing the convent walls; I will think of the walks I took with you in the woods, when we thought to discover the sounds of the sea in the agitation of the pine trees’ summits.
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“It is a singular destiny my dear son, that unites us. I see in you the civilized man who chooses to become a savage; you see in me the savage, whom the Great Spirit (I do not know for what purpose) wished to civilize. In the course of our lives, through opposing aims, you have come to occupy my place, and I am seated in yours: so we must inevitabl...
“There are just men whose conscience is so tranquil, that one cannot approach them without participating in the peace they exhale, so to speak, from their hearts and their speech. The more the Hermit spoke, the more I felt the passions in my breast subside, and even the storm in the heavens seemed to die away at the sound of his voice. The clouds h...
“If my dream of happiness was yet alive, it was also of short duration, and my awakening awaited me at the Hermit’s cave. I was surprised, on arriving there at midday, not to see Atala running to meet our steps. Some sudden horror seized me. Approaching the cave, I hardly dared to call to Lopez’s daughter: my imagination was equally terrified, as t...
“O René, I shall not describe to you now the despair that seized my soul, when Atala had breathed her last. It would require more passion than I retain; it would require that the sun be visible once more to my darkened eyes, that they might ask it how many tears they shed then in its light. Yes, this moon that shines now on our heads, weary of illu...
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The idea of a doomed relationship between a Christian and a Muslim protagonist appears in a number of earlier works in Europe, for example the 12th or 13th century French chantefable of Aucassin and Nicolette, while the theme of lovers separated by fate, exemplified by Romeo and Juliet or the historical 12th century figures of Abélarde and ...
Oil on canvas. François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand [a] (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the nineteenth century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist by political disposition.
Aug 25, 2016 · Audio Books & Poetry; Computers, Technology and Science ... Rene by Chateaubriand, Francois-Rene de, 1768-1848. Publication date ... chateaubriand_francois_rene_de ...
May 25, 2018 · By François-René de Chateaubriand. Translated by Alex Andriesse. 550 pp. New York Review Books. Paper, $19.95. In his lifetime, François-René de Chateaubriand won renown as a politician ...
Jan 14, 2016 · François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) was born under Louis XV and died at the start of the Second Republic, living through French Romanticism from its emergence to its decline. His dates are closer to those of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Foscolo, and even Schiller and Goethe, than Victor Hugo and Alfred de Musset, putting him in the first ...
