Project Gutenberg 2014-11-26 Public domain in the USA. 53 Fournier, Edouard 1819 1880 Fournier, Édouard Variétés Historiques et Littéraires (02/10) Recueil de pièces volantes rares et curieuses en prose et en vers Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Guy de Montpellier, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://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) "Variétés Historiques et Littéraires" by Edouard Fournier is a collection of historical and literary pieces written in the mid-19th century. This volume presents rare and curious written works, both in prose and verse, accompanied by reviews and annotations. The collection likely addresses various subjects from French culture and history, offering insights into the period's literary climate and significant events. The opening of this work begins with a memorandum on the state of the Académie française, submitted to Louis XIV around the late 17th century. It discusses the decline in the academy's influence and the perceived inefficacy of its members, contrasting its previous established reputation as a governing body for the French language and literature. The text further argues for the importance of reviving interest in the academy's work and suggests methods to restore its esteem, emphasizing the connection between national pride in language and cultural sophistication. Overall, this beginning sets a historical context and establishes a critical tone regarding the vitality of literary institutions in France. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French literature PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 686906 686918 2024-09-19T17:32:10.086902 2023-09-20T13:25:31.154968 text/html text/html 685622 2014-11-26T13:14:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 974758 2014-11-26T13:14:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 954655 2024-09-19T17:32:24.128869 application/epub+zip 963315 2024-09-19T17:32:13.396891 application/epub+zip 333761 2024-09-19T17:32:11.737890 application/epub+zip 1190539 2024-09-19T17:32:30.687814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1084060 2024-09-19T17:32:21.662853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456178 2022-09-21T14:35:17.089455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 555689 555388 2024-09-19T17:32:08.095897 2023-09-20T13:25:29.296959 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 547684 2014-11-26T13:14:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 214572 2014-11-26T13:14:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18882 2024-09-19T17:32:30.841796 application/rdf+xml 10885 2024-09-19T17:32:11.893886 image/jpeg 2001 2024-09-19T17:32:11.818876 image/jpeg 999851 2024-09-19T17:32:10.181923 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