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- Readers interested in French literature and the aestheticist tradition
- Literature lovers studying themes of religion, faith and desire
- Readers needing free public-domain e-book resources
- Researchers who read Finnish or do comparative translation study
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- Learn about France's life and the late nineteenth-century French literary background before starting the text.
- Note the narrator's subtle attitude toward asceticism and hedonism.
- If you do not read Finnish, read alongside a French or Chinese translation to appreciate differences.
- After finishing, write a short review around "is redemption possible?" to clarify the characters' motives.
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About the author
Anatole France (France, Anatole, 1844-1924) was a French writer whose real name was Anatole François Thibault. Because the available material is limited, the details of his life cannot be set out here, but it is clear that he produced a large body of work, of which 57 titles are held in this collection. His representative works include Penguin Island, Les Dieux ont soif (The Gods Are Athirst), The Revolt of the Angels, Vie de Jeanne d'Arc (The Life of Joan of Arc), and La rôtisserie de la Reine Pédauque (At the Sign of the Reine Pédauque), spanning novels, historical biography, and satirical fable. France's prose is elegant and unhurried, and he often examines society and history with urbane irony and a skeptical spirit, weaving philosophical reflection into his narratives. He had a lasting influence on French literature and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921.
