Les memoires d outre tombe series#

вЂњThe marquis, comtes, and barons of the present age have neither privileges nor plows. Please pardon me for having been compelled to lo How delightful to be reminded, as I read of Chateaubriand discussing his noble lineage, that in many countries such persons -the remnants of feudalism-are no longer among us. Three-quarters of them are starving to death even as they go on gossiping behind each otherвЂ™s back, refusing to recognize each other, and mutually contesting their claims to noble birth. How delightful to be reminded, as I read of Chateaubriand discussing his noble lineage, that in many countries such persons -the remnants of feudalism-are no longer among us. It would be wonderful to have the rest of the Memoirs translated in a modern edition, but I suspect that's not really a good business proposition.more His description of listening to shovelsful of dirt being dropped on a coffin might be the most affecting thing I've read this year. I read this too quickly, but I'm very excited to re-read with pencil in hand, because the bon mots come thick and fast. It would be wonderful to have the rest of the Memoirs translated in a modern edition, but I Fascinating stuff it's easy to see the influence Chateaubriand has had on later French writing it's also just damn enjoyable to spend time in his company.

Les memoires d outre tombe series#

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.moreДЇascinating stuff it's easy to see the influence Chateaubriand has had on later French writing it's also just damn enjoyable to spend time in his company. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. And its startling candor-because it would be published only вЂњfrom beyond the tombвЂќ-makes it almost ridiculously enjoyable.ДЇor more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.

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. Written across d The only available edition in English of the greatest of all French autobiographiesД«y 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. 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.