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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.
Title page of an early edition. Scaramouche is a historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921.A romantic adventure, Scaramouche tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. [1]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... For historical novels set during the French Revolution (1789-1799). Subcategories. This category has the ...
Paul et Virginie (French pronunciation: [pɔl e viʁʒini]; sometimes known in English as Paul and Virginia) is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, first published in 1788. The novel's title characters are friends since birth who fall in love. The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule, then named Île de France.
The story is set during the French Revolution, and follows a young German man named Gottfried Wolfgang. On his way home to his apartment in Paris, France, on a stormy night, Wolfgang encounters a woman who claims to be without friends, family, or a home.
Jacobin novels were written between 1780 and 1805 by British radicals who supported the ideals of the French Revolution. The term was coined by literary scholar Gary Kelly in The English Jacobin Novel 1780-1805 (1976) but drawn from the title of the Anti-Jacobin : or, Weekly Examiner , a conservative periodical founded by the Tory politician ...
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.
Romanticism (Romantisme in French) was a literary and artistic movement that appeared in France in the late 18th century, largely in reaction against the formality and strict rules of the official style of neo-classicism.