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Memoirs from Beyond the Grave, Volume 4 (1815–1828)

Chateaubriand

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave, Volume 4 (1815–1828)

Paper book: €45.99

Digital: €7.99

Original publication
1848
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
914
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Biography and Autobiography, Philosophy
Moods
Meet a real life, Travel back in time, Think it through
Translated from
French

Book summary

This fourth volume of the Memoirs from Beyond the Grave covers the years 1815 to 1828. Chateaubriand tells of the Hundred Days, which he spends in Ghent with King Louis XVIII, and of the Battle of Waterloo, which he hears thundering in the distance. Then come Napoleon's exile and death on Saint Helena. Chateaubriand also tells of his own career: ambassador in Berlin and London, then Minister of Foreign Affairs.

A witness at the heart of events tells from the inside the fall of Napoleon and the return of the kings, and paints a portrait of his friend Madame Récamier.

With the translation always in front of you, you can read these famous memoirs in the language you are learning.

The plot

散歩する男が、遠くの戦いの音を聞く。ナポレオンがフランスで再び権力を握った。国王はベルギーの町ヘントに逃れ、語り手もそれに従った。ある日、彼はひとりで道を歩いている。遠くから低い轟きが聞こえる。初めは嵐かと思うが、やがて気づく。大砲の音なのだ。

The world of the book

ナポレオン失脚、国王の帰還。この巻は1815年から1828年までを描く。ナポレオンは百日のあいだ再び権力を握る。ワーテルローで敗れると、大洋に浮かぶ遠い島セントヘレナへ流される。国王は王位を取り戻し、シャトーブリアンは大使、のちに大臣となる。

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