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Excerpt from Jean Christophf: Dawn Morning, Youth RevoltIf M. Rolland's act of faith in writing J ean-christophe were only concerned with France, if the polemic of it were not directed against a universal, evil, there would be no reason for translation. But, like Zarathustra, it is a book for all and none. M. Rolland has written what he believes to be the truth, and as Dr. Johnson observed: Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, ...

Excerpt from TolstoyTO those of my own generation, the light that has but lately failed was the purest that illu mined their youth. In the gloomy twilight of the later nineteenth century it shone as a star of consolation, whose radiance attracted and appeased our awakening spirits. As one of the many - for there are many in France to whom Tolstoy' was very much more than an admired artist: for whom he was a friend, the best of friends, the one...

Excerpt from Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War This book is not written about the war, though the Shadow of the war lies over it. My theme is that the individual soul has been swallowed up and submerged in the soul of the multitude, and in my opinion such an event is of far greater importance to the future of the race than the passing supremacy of one nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundred...

Excerpt from Voyage Musical: Au Pays du Passé Le recueil que voici fait suite à ma première série de Musiciens d'autrefois. La plupart des articles sont consacrés à un âge de transition, où s'élaborent la sensibilité, l'esthétique, les formes de notre musique moderne. Par un phénomène assez commun dans l'histoire, ce ne sont pas les plus grandes personnalités artistiques qui se font, à l'ordinaire, les pionniers de l'avenir. Les J.-S. Bach do...

French writer Romain Rolland was one of the great pacifists of the twentieth century. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915, he wrote this tragic story at the end of World War I. In Pierre and Luce he describes a tender first love between two Parisians in an achingly sad indictment of war.

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Romain Rolland fu tra l'altro scrittore eccelso di biografie, genere al quale lo inclinava l'ansia di penetrare i motivi del genio, di indagare l'animo dei grandi creatori. Tra tutte, emerge questa "Vita di Beethoven", anche perché l'attenzione di Rolland per il grande musicista non fu mai superficiale o episodica, né d'altra parte può essere semplicemente ricondotta al suo generale interesse per la musica, testimoniato dall'insegnamento di st...

Tra le biografie di Romain Rolland, autentiche indagini sulla natura umana condotte attraverso la vita degli uomini di genio, quella dedicata a Lev Tolstoj occupa una posizione unica e risponde a un'urgenza particolarmente profonda. Il libro, pubblicato nel 1911, nasce sull'onda dell'emozione provocata dalla notizia della morte di Tolstoj, che Rolland apprende quando è ancora immobilizzato a causa dell'incidente stradale che gli è quasi costat...

Excerpt from BeethovenLet them then gather around themselves the heroic friends of the past - the great souls who suffered for the good of universal humanity. The lives of great men are not written for the proud or for the ambitious, they are dedicated rather to the unhappy. And who really' is not? To those who suffer, we offer the balm of their sacred sufferings. No one is alone in the fight. The darkness of the world is made clear by the gui...

Excerpt from The Life of Michael Angelo IN the National Museum in Florence is a marble statue which Michael Angelo called The Victor. It represents the beautiful nude figure of a young man, with curly hair over a low forehead. Standing erect, he has placed his knee on the back of a bearded prisoner, who bends and, like an ox, stretches his head forward. But the victor looks not upon him. When about to strike he stays his hand, and turns away ...

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Excerpt from Vie de Beethoven J. Russel Charles Czerny, enfant, qui le vit en 1801, avec une barbe de plusieurs jours et une crinière sauvage, vêtu d'un veston et d'un pantalon en poil de chèvre, crut rencontrer Robinson Crusoé. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses s...

Excerpt from Théatre de la RévolutionLa place de la Révolution (place de la Concorde), convertie en cirque, devait servir aux spectacles p0pu laires et aux fêtes nationales.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, ...