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Histoire contemporaine #4
Bergeret a Parigi
Questo romanzo è l'ultimo volume della Storia contemporanea di Anatole France, satira impietosa della società francese alla fine del XIX secolo, sotto la III repubblica.
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207 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1901
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About the author
Anatole France
1,603 books558 followersFrench 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.
Anatole France in La Rotisserie de la Reine Pedauque (1893) ridiculed belief in the occult and in Les Opinions de Jerome Coignard (1893) captured the atmosphere of the fin de siècle.
People elected him to the Académie française in 1896.
People falsely convicted Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer, of espionage. Anatole France took an important part in the affair, signed manifesto of Émile Zola to support Dreyfus, and authored Monsieur Bergeret in 1901.
After the nearsighted Abbot Mael baptized the animals in error, France in later work depicts the transformation into human nature in 1908.
People considered most profound La Revolte des Anges (1914). It tells of Arcade, the guardian angel of Maurice d'Esparvieu. Arcade falls in love, joins the revolutionary movement of angels, and towards the end recognizes the meaningless overthrow of God unless "in ourselves and in ourselves alone we attack and destroy Ialdabaoth."
People awarded him "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament" in 1921.
In 1922, the Catholic Church put entire works of France on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Index of Prohibited Books).
He died, and people buried his body in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery near Paris.
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.
Anatole France in La Rotisserie de la Reine Pedauque (1893) ridiculed belief in the occult and in Les Opinions de Jerome Coignard (1893) captured the atmosphere of the fin de siècle.
People elected him to the Académie française in 1896.
People falsely convicted Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer, of espionage. Anatole France took an important part in the affair, signed manifesto of Émile Zola to support Dreyfus, and authored Monsieur Bergeret in 1901.
After the nearsighted Abbot Mael baptized the animals in error, France in later work depicts the transformation into human nature in 1908.
People considered most profound La Revolte des Anges (1914). It tells of Arcade, the guardian angel of Maurice d'Esparvieu. Arcade falls in love, joins the revolutionary movement of angels, and towards the end recognizes the meaningless overthrow of God unless "in ourselves and in ourselves alone we attack and destroy Ialdabaoth."
People awarded him "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament" in 1921.
In 1922, the Catholic Church put entire works of France on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Index of Prohibited Books).
He died, and people buried his body in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery near Paris.
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August 26, 2018
This is a beautifully written but somewhat strange story. The title character is a professor at the Sorbonne who is a "Dreyfusard", meaning he is a member of the vocal minority who decried the false conviction of the French military officer Alfred Dreyfus in 1894. There are some beautiful passages with his ruminations on the affair. I have bookmarked them to enjoy again in the future. The part of the book that deals with the politics of the day - competition amongst royalists, nationalists and republicans - I found less compelling. It helps to have a basic understanding of the characters in the Dreyfus affair prior to reading this book
February 26, 2023
La cuarta parte de "Historia Contemporánea" de Anatole France, "El señor Bergeret en París" es una descripción de las turbulencias políticas y sociales de fin de siglo en Francia, de la resistencia de una parte de la sociedad al avance de las ideas en todos los planos.
Las bajezas de que son capaces los hombres cuando buscan el poder o quieren perpetuarse en él están ampliamente expuestas a través de diferentes personajes.
El señor Bergeret vive plácidamente filosofando sobre el porvenir, sobre una sociedad libre.
Está última parte de la tetralogía me resultó pesada, pero esta claro que es una apreciación muy personal.
Cómo conclusión después de leer las cuatro novelas de "Historia Contemporánea", considero que Anatole France es un refinado escritor, de lo mejor, altamente recomendable.
Las bajezas de que son capaces los hombres cuando buscan el poder o quieren perpetuarse en él están ampliamente expuestas a través de diferentes personajes.
El señor Bergeret vive plácidamente filosofando sobre el porvenir, sobre una sociedad libre.
Está última parte de la tetralogía me resultó pesada, pero esta claro que es una apreciación muy personal.
Cómo conclusión después de leer las cuatro novelas de "Historia Contemporánea", considero que Anatole France es un refinado escritor, de lo mejor, altamente recomendable.
September 22, 2013
Fictionalised account of Parisian views on the Dreyfus Affair. It should have been interesting, but was actually rather plodding. I can’t bring myself to write any more…
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