Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1768-1800

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1768-1800

Written over the course of four decades, FranÃ§ois-RenÃ©Â de Chateaubriandâ€™s epic autobiography has drawn theÂ admiration of Baudelaire, Flaubert, Proust, Barthes, andÂ Sebald. Here, in the first books of his massive Memoirs,Â spanning the years 1768 to 1800, Chateaubriand looksÂ back on the already bygone world of his youth. HeÂ recounts the history of his aristocratic family and the firstÂ rumblings of the French Revolution. He recalls playingÂ games on the beaches of Saint-Malo, wandering in theÂ woods near his fatherâ€™s castle in Combourg, hunting withÂ King Louis XVI at Versailles, witnessing the first headsÂ carried on pikes through the streets of Paris, meetingÂ with George Washington in Philadelphia, and fallingÂ hopelessly in love with a young woman named CharlotteÂ in the small Suffolk town of Bungay. The volume endsÂ with Chateaubriandâ€™s return to France after seven yearsÂ of exile in England.

In this new edition (the first unabridged EnglishÂ translation of any portion of the Memoirs to be publishedÂ in more than a century), Chateaubriand emerges as aÂ writer of great wit and clarity, a self deprecating egotistÂ whose meditations on the meaning of history, memory,Â and morality are leavened with a mixture of high whimsyÂ and memorable gloom.
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781681371290
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2018-02-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681371290

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781681371290
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2018-02-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781681371290

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1768-1800

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