The Mémoires d’outre-tombe by François-René de Chateaubriand is one of the grandest autobiographical works in the French literary tradition. Written over decades and published after the author’s death in 1848, it covers his aristocratic childhood in Brittany, his years as an émigré, his literary triumphs, his diplomatic career, and his witness to the entire sweep of history from the Ancien Régime to the July Monarchy.
This fourth volume continues the English translation of this monumental work. Download it as a free EPUB and hear the defining voice of French Romanticism reflect on a life lived at the heart of history.