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Romanticism originated in the second half of the 18th century at the same time as the French Revolution. [1] Romanticism continued to grow in reaction to the effects of the social transformation caused by the Revolution. There are many signs of these effects of the French Revolution in various pieces of Romantic literature.
The book continues the adventures of Andre-Louis Moreau, beginning where the original Scaramouche ends. Moreau conceives and then masterminds, with the Baron de Batz, a plan to destroy the Revolution and restore the monarchy. Their plan is to expose the Revolutionary leaders—hitherto thought of by the French populace as incorruptible patriots ...
The Romantic movement in English literature of the early 19th century has its roots in 18th-century poetry, the Gothic novel and the novel of sensibility. [6] [7] This includes the pre-Romantic graveyard poets from the 1740s, whose works are characterized by gloomy meditations on mortality, "skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms". [8]
Leaves from Satan's Book: Blade af Satans bog: Carl Theodor Dreyer: Drama. 1921 United States Orphans of the Storm: D. W. Griffith: Drama, History, Romance. Based on the play The Two Orphans. 1921 Weimar Republic Danton: Dimitri Buchowetzki: Drama. Based on the play Danton's Death. Georges Danton: 1922 France Jocelyn: Léon Poirier: Drama, Romance.
Angélique is a series of thirteen historical adventure romance novels written by French author Anne Golon.Originally published from 1957 to 1985, the novels have reportedly sold 150 million copies worldwide [1] and have been adapted into six feature films, several theatre productions, a Japanese manga series, and a French "global manga" comic book series.
The series is a historical drama set in the years preceding and during the French Revolution. Using a combination of historical personages and original characters, The Rose of Versailles focuses primarily on the lives of two women: the Queen of France Marie Antoinette, and Oscar François de Jarjayes, who serves as commander of the Royal Guard.
Williams also translated (from French to English) several works of Alexander von Humboldt, who was German but wrote in French. Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New continent during the years 1799–1804, by Alexander de Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland; with maps, plans, etc. Longman, Hurst, Rees, etc., London 1814–1829
Ben Kane's Napoleon's Spy (Orion, 2023) concerns a Matthieu Carrey, a half-French, half-English soldier in the Grande Armée during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. Science fiction and fantasy Edmond About's L'Homme à l'oreille cassée (1862) is a work of fantastic fiction about a Napoleonic officer who is placed in suspended animation ...