The Mémoires d'outre-tombe, volume 1 Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de 1768-1848 creator Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander 1865-1921 text utu 2017 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to..." by François-René de Chateaubriand is a memoir published posthumously in 1849 and 1850. Written across decades of the author's life, this sweeping autobiography blends political history with intimate personal confession. The founder of French Romanticism chronicles his experiences as soldier, traveler, novelist, and statesman through an era of epic historical upheaval. His poetic prose and melancholic tone captivated young Romantics, inspiring Victor Hugo to declare he would become "Chateaubriand or nothing." Financial necessity forced publication of these memoirs from beyond the grave. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9moires_d%27Outre-Tombe Release date is 2017-05-18 Produced by Laura Natal Rodriguez & Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (online soon in an extended version, also linking to free sources for education worldwide ... MOOC's, educational materials,...) Images generously made available by the Hathi Trust. Original publication data not identified Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848 DC Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54743 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54743 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134248.0 54743