Memoirs from Beyond the Grave

1800-1815

François-Réne Chateaubriand, Alex Andriesse

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NYRB Classics
15 November 2022

Memoirs

The second part of an infamous memoir about life in the time of Napoleon by a rebellious literary celebrity.

The second part of an infamous memoir about life in the time of Napoleon by a rebellious literary celebrity.

In 1800, Fran ois-Rene de Chateaubriand sailed from the cliffs of Dover to the headlands of Calais. He was thirty-one and had been living as a political refugee in England for most of a decade, at times in such extreme poverty that he subsisted on nothing but hot water and two-penny rolls. Over the next fifteen years, his life was utterly changed. He published Atala, Rene, and The Genius of Christianity to acclaim and epoch-making scandal. He strolled the streets of Jerusalem and mapped the ruins of Carthage. He served Napoleon in Rome, then resigned in protest after the Duc d'Enghien's execution, putting his own life at tremendous risk.

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave- 1800-1815-the second volume in Alex Andriesse's new and complete translation of this epic French classic-is a chronicle of triumphs and sorrows, narrating not only the author's life during a tumultuous period in European history but the ""parallel life"" of Napoleon. In these pages, Chateaubriand continues to paint his distinctive self-portrait, in which the whole history of France swirls around the sitter like a mist of dreams.

By: François-Réne Chateaubriand
Translated by: Alex Andriesse
Imprint: NYRB Classics
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781681376172
ISBN 10: 1681376172
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 15 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fran ois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848)was born in Saint-Malo, on the northern coast of Brittany, the youngest son of an aristocratic family. Long recognized as one of the first French Romantics, Chateaubriand was also a historian, diplomat, and staunch defender of the freedom of the press. He is best remembered for his posthumously published Memoirs from Beyond the Grave (an NYRB Classic). Alex Andriesse'sessays and poems have appeared in Granta, Review of Contemporary Fiction, and Literary Imagination. His translations include Roberto Bazlen's Notes Without a Text and Other Writings and Fran ois-Rene de Chateaubriand's Memoirs from Beyond the Grave- 1768-1800, which is also available from NYRB Classics. He lives in the Netherlands. Julien Gracq (1910-2007), bornLouis Poirier, was a French writer ofnovels, plays, poetry, and literary criticism. His novel Balcony in the Forest is available from NYRB Classics.

Reviews for Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1800-1815

Chateaubriand's self-appointed calling was as court historian who held his subject in contempt, ensuring that the truth would out about the monsters who rule the world for a spell. His eloquence won the regard even of his sworn enemy. . . . May he find comparable honor in our time and our place. -Algis Valiunas, National Review The best autobiography ever written . . . . The old viscount could write one hell of a sentence. It's an incredible book. -Paul Auster, The Book of Illusions