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The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 4 (of 6)

Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 4

by François-René Chateaubriand, vicomte de

Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

"The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to…" is a memoir published posthumously in 1849 and 1850. Written by the founder of French Romanticism, this work blends political history with intimate personal revelation, inspired by Rousseau's Confessions. Chateaubriand chronicles his life as soldier, traveler, novelist, and statesman against the backdrop of epic historical events. The memoir showcases his poetic prose while establishing the melancholy tone that made him the idol of young French Romantics like Victor Hugo.

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