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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers with some French reading ability who want to encounter nineteenth-century French fiction
- Readers in the humanities and social sciences interested in military institutions, hierarchy, and honor
- Students and teachers studying the traditions of French realism and satire
- Literary readers who enjoy critique of institutions as a point of entry
Not a good fit for
- Beginners who cannot read French and are not prepared to use reference tools or translations
- Readers expecting light entertainment plotting and impatient with satire and commentary
- Entry-level readers of foreign literature who need modern annotation and introductions
Reading tips
- Read one chapter first to feel the rhythm of the French prose, then go back and sort out the characters and military ranks.
- Keep pen and paper to note ironic statements and shifts in narrative perspective for later review.
- Read alongside background material on nineteenth-century French history to understand the institutional context.
- If the French is difficult, use a reliable translation to grasp the plot first, then return to the original to savor the language.
About the publisher
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About the author
Georges Darien (1862–1921) was a French writer, born Georges Hippolyte Adrien in Paris, where he also died. He held firm anarchist and anti-militarist views, and his confinement in the North African penal colony known as "Biribi" gave rise to the novel of the same name. His other major works include Bas les coeurs!, L'épaulette and Le voleur, the last a bandit novel that satirizes society. Poor and neglected during his lifetime, he was rediscovered after the 1950s. Public information on his life and work is limited, yet his critique of militarism and social hypocrisy has earned him a place in French literary history.
