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Title: Variétés Historiques et Littéraires (02/10)
Recueil de pièces volantes rares et curieuses en prose et en vers

Credits: Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Guy de Montpellier, Christine
P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
at http://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)

Summary: "Variétés Historiques et Littéraires" by Edouard Fournier is a collection of historical and literary pieces written in the mid-19th century. This volume presents rare and curious written works, both in prose and verse, accompanied by reviews and annotations. The collection likely addresses various subjects from French culture and history, offering insights into the period's literary climate and significant events. The opening of this work begins with a memorandum on the state of the Académie française, submitted to Louis XIV around the late 17th century. It discusses the decline in the academy's influence and the perceived inefficacy of its members, contrasting its previous established reputation as a governing body for the French language and literature. The text further argues for the importance of reviving interest in the academy's work and suggests methods to restore its esteem, emphasizing the connection between national pride in language and cultural sophistication. Overall, this beginning sets a historical context and establishes a critical tone regarding the vitality of literary institutions in France. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Editor: Fournier, Edouard, 1819-1880

EBook No.: 47468

Published: Nov 26, 2014

Downloads: 145

Language: French

Subject: French literature

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: Variétés Historiques et Littéraires (02/10)
Recueil de pièces volantes rares et curieuses en prose et en vers

Credits: Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Guy de Montpellier, Christine
P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
at http://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)

Summary: "Variétés Historiques et Littéraires" by Edouard Fournier is a collection of historical and literary pieces written in the mid-19th century. This volume presents rare and curious written works, both in prose and verse, accompanied by reviews and annotations. The collection likely addresses various subjects from French culture and history, offering insights into the period's literary climate and significant events. The opening of this work begins with a memorandum on the state of the Académie française, submitted to Louis XIV around the late 17th century. It discusses the decline in the academy's influence and the perceived inefficacy of its members, contrasting its previous established reputation as a governing body for the French language and literature. The text further argues for the importance of reviving interest in the academy's work and suggests methods to restore its esteem, emphasizing the connection between national pride in language and cultural sophistication. Overall, this beginning sets a historical context and establishes a critical tone regarding the vitality of literary institutions in France. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Editor: Fournier, Edouard, 1819-1880

EBook No.: 47468

Published: Nov 26, 2014

Downloads: 145

Language: French

Subject: French literature

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.