Colette Baudoche - Histoire d’une jeune fille de Metz

by Maurice Barrès

"Colette Baudoche - Histoire d'une jeune fille de Metz" est un roman écrit par Maurice Barrès, publié en 1909. Voici un résumé de l'œuvre :

Le roman se déroule dans la ville de Metz, en Lorraine, à la fin du XIXe siècle, à une époque où la région est sous domination allemande après la défaite de la France dans la guerre franco-allemande de 1870.

L'histoire suit le parcours de Colette Baudoche, une jeune fille lorraine, qui vit sous l'occupation allemande. Colette est une figure emblématique de la résistance passive, représentant la fierté et la force du peuple lorrain face à l'oppression étrangère.

Le récit dépeint la vie quotidienne de Colette, confrontée aux difficultés et aux défis de l'occupation allemande. Malgré les pressions de son entourage et les tentatives de séduction d'un officier allemand, Colette reste fidèle à ses convictions et à son identité française.

À travers le personnage de Colette Baudoche, Barrès offre un portrait poignant de la résistance et de la dignité du peuple lorrain face à l'occupation étrangère. Le roman explore également les thèmes de l'identité nationale, de l'amour patriotique et du courage individuel dans un contexte de conflit et d'adversité.

"Colette Baudoche - Histoire d'une jeune fille de Metz" est salué pour sa profondeur émotionnelle, sa puissante évocation historique et son engagement en faveur de la patrie et de la liberté. Il reste l'une des œuvres les plus célèbres de Barrès, représentant un hymne à la résilience et à la dignité humaine.

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1909

About the author

Auguste-Maurice Barrès (19 August 1862 – 4 December 1923) was a French novelist, journalist and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in French literature with the release of his work The Cult of the Self in 1888. In politics, he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1889 as a Boulangist and would play a prominent political role for the rest of his life.

Barrès was associated in his literary works with Symbolism, a movement which had equivalence with British Aestheticism and Italian Decadentism, indeed he was a close associate of Gabriele d'Annunzio representing the latter. As the name of his trilogy suggests, his works glorified a humanistic love of the self and he also flirted with occult mysticisms in his youth. The Dreyfus affair saw an ideological shift and he was a leading anti-Dreyfusard, popularising the term nationalisme to describe his views. He stood on a platform of "Nationalism, Protectionism and Socialism."

Politically, he became involved with various groups such as the Ligue des Patriotes of Paul Déroulède, which he became the leader of in 1914. Barrès was close to Charles Maurras founder of Action Française, a monarchist party. Despite the fact that he remained a republican, Barrès would have a strong influence on various following French monarchists, as well as various other figures. During the First World War, he was a strong supporter of the Union Sacrée. In later life, Barrès returned to the Catholic faith and was involved in a campaign to restore French church buildings and helped establish 24 June as a national day of remembrance for St. Joan of Arc.

Reviews

[aslan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Tié vrmt pas un tigre

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read an English edition published during world war one. It feels a bit mild for a revanchist novel published by a Boulangist. It isn't set right after the occupation of Alsace-Lorraine like the blurp states but 35 years after the siege of Metz. The Prussian is depicted as naively wanting to 'elevate' the French but learns to appreciate the culture.

[Mila]

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