The Gods are Athirst

The Gods are Athirst
Title The Gods are Athirst PDF eBook
Author Anatole France
Publisher
Pages 302
Release 1913
Genre France
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In this noisy poem, a wrecking ball demolishes old houses and stores to make way for a skyscraper.

The Gods are Athirst (French Classics)

The Gods are Athirst (French Classics)
Title The Gods are Athirst (French Classics) PDF eBook
Author Anatole France
Publisher Mondial
Pages 190
Release 2015-01-06
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1595690123

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Anatole France's novel The Gods are Athirst (Les Dieux ont soif, 1912) tells the story of the painter Evariste Gamelin, who developed into a fanatical Jacobin during the French Revolution at the beginning of the 90's in the 18th century. Filled with a sense of fairness and justice as a young man, he soon became a bloodthirsty judge, sending hundreds of people, including many innocent ones and even close friends, to the guillotine, until he himself became a victim of the historical developments.

The Gods are Athirst

The Gods are Athirst
Title The Gods are Athirst PDF eBook
Author Anatole France
Publisher
Pages 205
Release 1942
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The Gods Are Athirst

The Gods Are Athirst
Title The Gods Are Athirst PDF eBook
Author Anatole France
Publisher Franklin Classics Trade Press
Pages 304
Release 2018-11-10
Genre History
ISBN 9780353075160

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Authorized English Translations Of The Novels And Short Stories Of Anatole France

The Authorized English Translations Of The Novels And Short Stories Of Anatole France
Title The Authorized English Translations Of The Novels And Short Stories Of Anatole France PDF eBook
Author Anatole France
Publisher Legare Street Press
Pages 0
Release 2023-07-18
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ISBN 9781021864093

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This book is a translation of Anatole France's classic novel 'The Gods Are Athirst'. Set during the French Revolution, the story follows the fortunes of a painter who becomes swept up in the revolutionary fervor of the times. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Gods Will Have Blood

The Gods Will Have Blood
Title The Gods Will Have Blood PDF eBook
Author Anatole France
Publisher BookRix
Pages 335
Release 2019-01-09
Genre History
ISBN 3736815263

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The Gods Will Have Blood a novel by Anatole France. It is a fictional story set during the French Revolution. The story of the infernal rise of Évariste Gamelin, a young Parisian painter, involved in the section for his neighborhood of Pont-Neuf, it describes the dark years of the reign the Reign of Terror in Paris. The long, blind train of speedy trials drags this idealist into a madness that cuts off the heads of his nearest and dearest, and hastens his own fall as well as that of his mentor Robespierre His love affair with the young watercolor-seller Élodie Blaise heightens the terrible contrast between the butcher-in-training and the man who shows himself to be quite ordinary in his daily life. Justifying this dance of the guillotine by the fight against the plot to wipe out the gains of the Revolution Gamelin is thirsty for justice, but also uses his power to satisfy his own vengeance and his hatred for those who do not think like him. The long, blind train of speedy trials drags this idealist into a madness that cuts off the heads of his nearest and dearest, and hastens his own fall as well as that of his mentor Robespierre in the aftermath of the Thermidorian Reaction. His love affair with the young watercolor-seller Élodie Blaise heightens the terrible contrast between the butcher-in-training and the man who shows himself to be quite ordinary in his daily life. Justifying this dance of the guillotine by the fight against the plot to wipe out the gains of the Revolution, in the midst of the revolutionary turmoil that traverses Paris, Gamelin is thirsty for justice, but also uses his power to satisfy his own vengeance and his hatred for those who do not think like him. He dies by that same instrument of justice that up until then has served to satisfy his own thirst for blood and terror. Gamelin's profession of painter also reflects on the book's theme. His best work is a depiction of Orestes and Electra, with Orestes resembling a self-portrait of the artist; Gamelin, like Orestes, is capable of killing his family. Élodie later comes to be identified with Electra - though, in her affair with Gamelin, where she loves him first for his mercy and then for his violence, and takes a less radical lover after he dies, she also represents France.

The Gods Are Athirst (Dodo Press)

The Gods Are Athirst (Dodo Press)
Title The Gods Are Athirst (Dodo Press) PDF eBook
Author Anatole France
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2009-09
Genre
ISBN 9781409934448

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Anatole France (1844-1924), born Francois-Anatole Thibault, was a French author. He studied at the College Stanislas and after graduation he helped his father by working at his bookstore. After several years he secured the position of a cataloguer at Bacheline- Deflorenne and at Lemerre, and in 1876 he was appointed a librarian for the French Senate. He became known after the publication of The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881). Along with Emile Zola, he became involved in the Alfred Dreyfus affair. He signed Zola's manifesto, publicly condemning the indictment of treason against Dreyfus, a Jewish army captain, who was being scapegoated to protect corrupt officials in the army. In 1901, France wrote about the affair in his book Monsieur Bergeret. He was elected to the French Academy in 1896 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. His later works include The Procurator of Judea (1902), Penguin Island (1908) and The Revolt of the Angels (1914).