The weight of the name
by Paul Bourget
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About This Book
As he writes L’émigré (translated as The Weight of the Name) in 1906, Paul Bourget is an author who matters in the French literary landscape. His right wing politics, newfound Catholicism and attachment to the Parisian social elite put him in an ideal position to chronicle the consequences of the separation of Church and State on the French nobility. While L’émigré at first appears to be grounded in current events, it quickly ends up being the portrait of a whole class. In the eyes of Bourget, it seems as if the nobility is about to disappear, and overtaken by a sense of urgency, he makes it h...
Chapters (19)
- THE WEIGHT OF THE NAME
- PAUL BOURGET
- Author of "A Divorce," "Pastels of Men," etc.
- Translated from the French by
- GEORGE BURNHAM IVES
- Boston Little, Brown, and Company
- CONTENTS
- THE WEIGHT OF THE NAME
- I LANDRI
- II A GRAND SEIGNEUR
- III THE TRAGIC UNDERSIDE OF A GRAND EXISTENCE
- IV THE TRAGIC UNDERSIDE OF A GRAND EXISTENCE (Concluded)
- V IN UNIFORM
- VI THE WILL
- VII ALL SAVE HONOR
- VIII ON A SCENT
- IX SEPARATION
- X EPILOGUE
- THE END.
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