Project Gutenberg 2007-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 221 Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de 1768 1848 Chateaubriand, Francois-Rene, vicomte de Chateaubriand, F.-A. de (François-Auguste) Chateaubriand, François Auguste René, vicomte de De Chateaubriand, François-René Chateaubriand, François René Chateaubriand, François-René de Chateaubriand, F. R. de Biré, Edmond 1829 1907 Bire, Edmond Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe, Tome 2 Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe, Tome 2" by vicomte de François-René Chateaubriand is a historical memoir written in the early 19th century. This work reflects the author's experiences and observations regarding the tumultuous events surrounding the French Revolution and his personal life, including his return to France and his marriage. Chateaubriand, a prominent French writer and diplomat, offers a deeply personal narrative interwoven with historical commentary and reflections. The opening of this memoir recounts Chateaubriand's significant return to France after a period of exile, revealing his feelings of nostalgia and anxiety about the drastic changes brought on by the Revolution. He describes his journey to Saint-Malo to see his mother and reflects on the unrest and devastation he witnesses along the way. As he navigates through family dynamics and societal upheavals, he finds himself pressured into marrying Mlle de Lavigne under unusual circumstances. The narrative delves into the complexities of his relationships, the emotional weight of returning to a radically altered France, and his contemplation of loyalty to the monarchy versus the emerging republican ideals. This opening sets the stage for a profound exploration of identity, societal conflict, and the personal struggles faced amid revolutionary fervor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815 Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries Enghien, Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon, duc d', 1772-1804 DC Text FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 1396531 1396169 2024-10-10T09:18:48.162062 2023-09-10T11:40:43.387074 text/html text/html 1373679 2021-01-03T04:49:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 965956 2021-01-03T04:49:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1079505 2024-10-10T09:19:09.768939 application/epub+zip 1099236 2024-10-10T09:18:53.854024 application/epub+zip 595138 2024-10-10T09:18:51.443004 application/epub+zip 1614478 2024-10-10T09:19:20.662902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1463837 2024-10-10T09:19:07.482972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 939498 2022-09-11T06:32:07.621865 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1242255 1241973 2024-10-10T09:18:44.416077 2023-09-10T11:40:39.887046 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1210758 2021-01-03T04:49:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 460536 2021-01-03T04:49:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22159 2024-10-10T09:19:20.823859 application/rdf+xml 18309 2024-10-10T09:18:52.104006 image/jpeg 4506 2024-10-10T09:18:51.775022 image/jpeg 1050007 2024-10-10T09:18:48.297059 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia