The Genius of Christianity
At the end of the Age of Enlightenment and with the fire of the Revolution barely extinguished, Chateaubriand, who had not yet turned thirty, undertook an apology of the Christian religion. In addition to...
CHATEAUBRIAND (de), François-René
Memories from beyond
François-René de Chateaubriand's main work, written from 1809 under the title Mémoires de ma vie (Memoirs of my life) until 1841. Jean d'Ormesson describes it as an “absolute masterpiece”.
Although...