Project Gutenberg 2007-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 1141 Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de 1768 1848 Chateaubriand, Francois-Rene, vicomte de Chateaubriand, F.-A. de (François-Auguste) Chateaubriand, François Auguste René, vicomte de De Chateaubriand, François-René Chateaubriand, François René Chateaubriand, François-René de Chateaubriand, F. R. de Biré, Edmond 1829 1907 Bire, Edmond Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe, Tome 2 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9moires_d%27Outre-Tombe Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9moires_d%27outre-tombe Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe, Tome 2" by vicomte de François-René Chateaubriand is a historical memoir written in the early 19th century. This work reflects the author's experiences and observations regarding the tumultuous events surrounding the French Revolution and his personal life, including his return to France and his marriage. Chateaubriand, a prominent French writer and diplomat, offers a deeply personal narrative interwoven with historical commentary and reflections. The opening of this memoir recounts Chateaubriand's significant return to France after a period of exile, revealing his feelings of nostalgia and anxiety about the drastic changes brought on by the Revolution. He describes his journey to Saint-Malo to see his mother and reflects on the unrest and devastation he witnesses along the way. As he navigates through family dynamics and societal upheavals, he finds himself pressured into marrying Mlle de Lavigne under unusual circumstances. The narrative delves into the complexities of his relationships, the emotional weight of returning to a radically altered France, and his contemplation of loyalty to the monarchy versus the emerging republican ideals. This opening sets the stage for a profound exploration of identity, societal conflict, and the personal struggles faced amid revolutionary fervor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr 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 DC Text FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Category: Biographies Category: French Literature Category: History - Modern (1750+) 1396666 2025-06-10T04:34:45.921567 text/html 1373679 2021-01-03T04:49:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 965956 2021-01-03T04:49:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1079567 2025-06-10T04:35:07.014469 application/epub+zip 1099194 2025-06-10T04:34:51.653526 application/epub+zip 595115 2025-06-10T04:34:49.183579 application/epub+zip 1614526 2025-06-10T04:35:17.575382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1463827 2025-06-10T04:35:04.744471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 939498 2022-09-11T06:32:07.621865 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1242255 2025-06-10T04:34:42.152547 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1210758 2021-01-03T04:49:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 460536 2021-01-03T04:49:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21394 2025-06-10T04:35:17.741381 application/rdf+xml 18309 2025-06-10T04:34:49.838507 image/jpeg 4506 2025-06-10T04:34:49.513516 image/jpeg 1050049 2025-06-10T04:34:46.053516 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia