Yet another “project” 😊
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- French intellectual history for the win! 😊
Here's is Clark's LRB review of Beecher's book: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n...
BTW I thought I had corrected my mistake on the screen but I hadn't: d'Agoult was Marie d'Agoult, so a woman, not as I mistakenly assumed a man: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_d... - บันเทิง
The book Indiana looks interesting. I've recently started reading more from 19th century feminist writers but I'd never heard of George Sand. Thanks for bringing her to my attention!
A fascinating project. I went to amazon to check out the table of contents of Beecher's book and saw chapters on Karl Marx and Alexander Herzen. Marx was in Paris in 1848. Herzen is a Russian and a sighnificant player in that country's nineteenth-century revolutionary tradition. Herzen's memoirs are brilliant and easy to read in the Constance Garnet translation. As to the French writers, the only one I have some familiarity with is Tocqueville. I'm really anticipating hearing about your journey with all of these writers. More books for the TBR.
I love seing videos about niche stuff I'll probably never read! I do want to get to Les Mis at least once before I die (or, at least, attempt it!)
Good luck with your projects! I don't do projects - have commitment issues :)
lol as long as I enjoy the process and not worry about finishing them I'll be ok!
I read Hugo when I was a teenager: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Les Misérables and The Man Who Laughs (this one was my favourite at the time). It would be interesting to reread now.
I remember starting Les Miserables as a teenager but then just not getting back to it. I'm sure I'd probably like it now. Might try and audio version.
@@thegrimmreader3649 it was my least favourite at the time, I thought some of it was a bit tedious to read and then there were engaging parts - at the time I finished all the books I started. I might have DNAed it if I had the same approach to DNAing I have now :)
Yes, I heard of George Sand. However, it’s because she was Chopin’s lover. While living together he composed much of his music. I saw a movie about them a long time ago. I think it was a French or Polish movie with English subtitles. (my memory is fuzzy about the film).
Not that long ago I was wondering why her writing is not cited during discussions of 19th C European literature.
Her relative invisibility is truly odd!!
Other French authors of the 19th century that I have read that have not been mentioned in your video: Hector Malot (his lovely children's book Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille) was one of my favourite as a child), Guy de Maupassant, Alexanre Dumas (The Count of Monte Cristo - a gem, and Three Musketeers), Jules Verne, Artur Rembaud (a poet - died young, but his poems are so modern and wonderful and he had a super interesting and unusual life), Stendal (The Red and the Black, or Scarlet and Black)
Thanks for the recommendations! I have a Guy de Maupassant that I want to get to at some point. I read Verne's The Mysterious Island as a teen and really enjoyed it. Same with Stendhal: Loved The Red and the Black!! Will continue trying to imprive my French skills too!
@@thegrimmreader3649 My dad recently said that The Red and the Black was his favourite book. I have to reread it now with this new vision.
I have known of George Sand but never read anything by her. I am looking forward to know what you think.