by François-René de Chateaubriand · ISBN 9782030341933
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«Mémoires d'outre-tombe» is a selection of the memoirs of François-René de Chateaubriand, published by Larousse in 1983 (144 pages, in French).
It brings together notable passages from the extensive memoirs of François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and politician of Romanticism. The fragments offer a glimpse into his life and times, with the author's characteristic prose. The selection allows one to approach his thought without reading the complete work.
The edition includes the subtitle «extraits» and is classified in the History category.
For readers interested in gaining access to Chateaubriand and French Romanticism through a brief anthology.
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist by political disposition. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1822 to 1824 and as the French ambassador to Sweden, Prussia, the United Kingdom, and the Papal States.
