# Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe, Tome 2

By François-René Chateaubriand, vicomte de.

"Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe, Tome 2" by vicomte de François-René Chateaubriand is a memoir written between 1809 and 1841. This monumental work chronicles Chateaubriand's life across four distinct periods, from his Breton childhood and melancholic youth at Combourg castle to his literary career, political involvement, and final reflections on France's future. The memoir captures his witness to the French Revolution's violence, his escape to America, and his complex relationship with family, faith, and nature—all told from beyond the grave, as he intended publication only after his death. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: French
- Editor: Edmond Biré
- Subjects: France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries; Enghien, Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon, duc d', 1772-1804

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