by François-René de Chateaubriand · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253012559
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«Mémoires d'outre-tombe» is the memoir work by François-René de Chateaubriand, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (720 pages, in French).
Chateaubriand recreates his childhood in Brittany, his years of glory and his loves, and reviews his life as a writer, traveler, politician and Christian. The book spans the France of the Revolution and exile, with encounters with emperors and kings, until anticipating the arrival of democracy. It is at once an autobiography and a historical chronicle of his era.
First volume of «Mémoires d'outre-tombe», in a complete edition with a preface by Pierre Clarac. The title appeared in installments and the complete work was published in twelve volumes from 1849.
For readers of French literature and autobiographical classics seeking a paperback edition in the original language.
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.
