Project Gutenberg 2023-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 846 Rolland, Romain 1866 1944 Rollan, R. Clerambault : $b Histoire d'une conscience libre pendant la guerre $aFrance :$bAlbin Michel, $c1920. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9rambault_(novel) Chuck Greif & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net “Clerambault: Histoire d'une conscience libre pendant la guerre” by Romain Rolland is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the intricacies of the human spirit amidst the turmoil of war, focusing on the life of Agénor Clerambault, a poet attempting to hold on to his ideals of peace and brotherhood while the world around him descends into chaos. The narrative reflects on the struggles between individual conscience and collective societal pressures during wartime, exploring themes of freedom, identity, and moral integrity. The opening of the narrative introduces Clerambault as he shares his poetry about peace with his family, highlighting a serene family scene that sharply contrasts with the approaching storm of war. As news of conflict surfaces, Clerambault clings to optimism, believing that war is impossible and merely a bluff. However, as events unfold, he grapples with both personal and societal shifts, oscillating between his artistic ideals and the pressures of patriotic fervor. The stage is set for a deeper exploration of how war engulfs individual beliefs and relationships, as Clerambault is drawn into the collective psyche of his time, dealing with the impacts of conflict on his notions of freedom and belonging. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/clerambaulthist00roll/page/5 20190327113423rolland 1920 FR Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 556721 2025-06-28T06:50:05.962503 text/html 558875 2023-06-10T10:14:37 text/html 478014 2025-06-28T06:50:12.338508 application/epub+zip 482963 2025-06-28T06:50:07.235482 application/epub+zip 292710 2025-06-28T06:50:06.572479 application/epub+zip 693952 2025-06-28T06:50:16.410459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 650593 2025-06-28T06:50:11.709486 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524620 2025-06-28T06:50:05.168508 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 524378 2023-06-10T10:14:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18455 2025-06-28T06:50:16.545443 application/rdf+xml 20221 2025-06-28T06:50:06.700540 image/jpeg 3593 2025-06-28T06:50:06.635482 image/jpeg 201498 2023-06-10T10:14:55 application/octet-stream application/zip 467916 2023-06-10T10:14:55 application/octet-stream application/zip 482270 2025-06-28T06:50:06.017497 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia