Autobiography, A Collection Of The Most Instructive And Amusing Lives Ever Published - Softcover

Jean-François Marmontel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371592526 ISBN 13: 9780371592526

Publisher: HardPress, 1828

Synopsis

Autobiography, A Collection Of The Most Instructive And Amusing Lives Ever Published. The volume presents an extended memoir by the French writer Marmontel, recounted in a comprehensive narrative of his own life and career within the 18th?century literary and political world. The Memoirs trace Marmontel’s ascent as a novelist and historian, his intimate salons with figures such as Madame Geoffrin, Diderot, Voltaire, Buffon, and Rousseau, and his involvement with the French Academy as historiographer of France and later perpetual secretary. They also cover his domestic life—his marriage to an Odde-associated circle, his children, and his friendships with the Morellets and Necker—as well as his experiences during the revolutionary era, including his observations on Brienne, Calonne, Necker, and the events surrounding the fall of the Ancien Régime. Rich with personal anecdotes, social portraits, and critical reflections on literature, philosophy, and politics, Marmontel’s memoirs offer a vivid panorama of Enlightenment Paris and the upheavals that followed the Revolution.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1828
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371592526
• ISBN 13: 9780371592526
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 383