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Anatole France

Born

in Paris, France

April 16, 1844

Died

October 12, 1924

Genre

Fiction

Influences

François Rabelais, Guy de Maupassant, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Verlain ...more

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French critic Anatole France, pen name of Jacques Anatole François Thibault wrote sophisticated, often satirical short stories and novels, including Penguin Island (1908), and won the Nobel Prize of 1921 for literature.

Anatole France began his career as a poet and a journalist. From 1867, he as a journalist composed articles and notices.

In 1869, Le Parnasse Contemporain published La Part de Madeleine of his poems. In 1875, he sat on the committee in charge of the third such compilation. He moved Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé aside.

Skeptical old scholar Sylvester Bonnard, protagonist of famous Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), embodied own personality of the author. The academy praised its elegant prose.

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Average rating: 3.69 · 17,030 ratings · 2,093 reviews · 1,762 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Gods Will Have Blood 3.75 avg rating — 3,327 ratings — published 1912 — 490 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Revolt of the Angels really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,460 ratings — published 1914 — 335 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Island 3.65 avg rating — 2,323 ratings — published 1908 — 546 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thaïs 3.67 avg rating — 1,687 ratings — published 1890 — 423 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard 3.69 avg rating — 799 ratings — published 1881 — 528 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Lily 3.16 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 1894 — 358 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs 3.57 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1883 — 153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il procuratore della Giudea 3.70 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1902 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Sign of the Reine Pedauque by Anatole France, Wilfrid Jackson (Translator) 3.30 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1892	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Livre de mon ami 3.57 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1885 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Anatole France (?)

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
― Anatole France

tags: animals, love, pets

1068 likes

“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.”
― Anatole France

tags: books, lending, library

431 likes

“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.”
― Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

tags: inspirational

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Polls

August 2026 Old School Classics Poll

What Maisie Knew by Henry James, 1897, 275 pages

38 votes, 25.0%

The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1850, 803 pages

37 votes, 24.3%

The History of Mr. Polly by H.G. Wells, 1910, 227 pages

23 votes, 15.1%

The Owl and the Nightingale translated by Simon Armitage, 1200, 100 pages

17 votes, 11.2%

The Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole France, 1912 279pages

15 votes, 9.9%

New Grub Street by George Gissing, 1891, 560 pages

13 votes, 8.6%

The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1777, 92 pages

9 votes, 5.9%

152 total votes

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