René (novella)
Short novella by François-René de Chateaubriand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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René is a short novella by François-René de Chateaubriand, which first appeared in 1802. The work had an immense impact on early Romanticism, comparable to that of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther. Like the German novel, it deals with a sensitive and passionate young man who finds himself at odds with contemporary society. René was first published as part of Chateaubriand's Génie du christianisme along with another novella, Atala; although it was in fact an excerpt from a long prose epic the author had composed between 1793 and 1799 called Les Natchez, which would not be made public until 1826. René enjoyed such immediate popularity that it was republished separately in 1805 along with Atala.
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Author | François-René de Chateaubriand |
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Country | France |
Language | French |
Genre | Romanticism, novella |
Publication date | 1802 |
Media type | print (hardback & paperback) |