The Red Republic a Romance of the Commune

by Robert W. Chambers

The Red A Romance of the Commune is a historical novel written by Robert W. Chambers. The story is set during the Paris Commune of 1871, a time of political upheaval and social unrest in France. The novel follows the lives of several characters, including a young American artist named John Sanderson, who becomes involved in the revolutionary movement. Sanderson falls in love with a beautiful and passionate French woman named Louise, who is also a member of the Commune. As the revolution unfolds, Sanderson and Louise must navigate the dangerous and unpredictable world of the Commune, facing challenges and betrayals at every turn. The novel is a gripping tale of love, politics, and revolution, and provides a vivid and detailed portrait of this important moment in French history.1895. Chambers, American artist and writer, later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers had one of the most successful literary careers of his period, with a few of his works achieving bestseller status. The book All Englishmen are pigs! observed a young man who stood swaying in the doorway of the Cafe Cardinal. Nobody replied to this criticism. The cafe was full. The young man advanced unsteadily to the center of the long room and looked about for a seat. His lusterless eyes traveled from table to table until they became fixed on a group of people in the embrasure of one of the windows which opened on the rue des Ecoles. Toward these people he shuffled, but when he laid a heavy hand on the shoulder of one, a woman, she cried out and shrank away. A man sitting beside her started up angrily, but sat down again when he saw who it was, and resumed his jaunty air. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Genres: Classics

484 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1922

About the author

Robert William Chambers was an American artist and writer.

Chambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute,and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of weird short stories, connected by the theme of the fictitious drama The King in Yellow, which drives those who read it insane.

Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons and The Tree of Heaven, but neither earned him such success as The King in Yellow.

Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers was one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines.

After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.

Chambers for several years made Broadalbin his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown.

On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa Vaughn Moller (1882-1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (later calling himself Robert Husted Chambers) who also gained some fame as an author.

Chambers died at his home in the village of Broadalbin, New York, on December 16th 1933.

Reviews

[Cera · Rating 4 out of 5]

An exciting, sentimental, wonderful piece of historical fiction set during the Paris Commune, with some very heroic heroes, and some fairly tough women given that the novel was written in the 1890s. I really, really enjoyed this.

[Jason Reeser · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great stuff here. Filled with the excitement of a war novel and the intrigue of the Commune revolution in Paris. At times flirting with romantic interludes, it more often than not turns to violent scenes of war, murder and betrayal. This would make an excellent mini-series. I look forward to more of Chambers' works.