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Anatole France


Born
in Paris, France
April 16, 1844

Died
October 12, 1924

Genre
Fiction

Influences
François Rabelais, Guy de Maupassant, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Verlain ...more


French critic Anatole France, pen name of Jacques Anatole François Thibault wrote sophisticated, often satirical short stories and novels, including Penguin Island (1908), and won the Nobel Prize of 1921 for literature.

Anatole France began his career as a poet and a journalist. From 1867, he as a journalist composed articles and notices.

In 1869, Le Parnasse Contemporain published La Part de Madeleine of his poems. In 1875, he sat on the committee in charge of the third such compilation. He moved Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé aside.

Skeptical old scholar Sylvester Bonnard, protagonist of famous Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), embodied own personality of the author. The academy praised its elegant prose.

Anatole ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.7 · 16,398 ratings · 1,999 reviews · 1,610 distinct works • Similar authors
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3.75 avg rating — 3,174 ratings — published 1912 — 3 editions
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The Revolt of the Angels
4.01 avg rating — 2,349 ratings — published 1914 — 3 editions
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Penguin Island
3.66 avg rating — 2,223 ratings — published 1908 — 3 editions
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Thaïs
3.67 avg rating — 1,635 ratings — published 1890 — 423 editions
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The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
3.68 avg rating — 770 ratings — published 1881 — 527 editions
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The Red Lily
3.16 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 1894 — 356 editions
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Bee: The Princess of the Dw...
3.58 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 1883 — 152 editions
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Il procuratore della Giudea
3.68 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1902 — 6 editions
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Le Livre de mon ami
3.56 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1885 — 222 editions
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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
― Anatole France
tags: animals, love, pets
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“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.”
― Anatole France
tags: books, lending, library
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“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.”
― Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
tags: inspirational
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Oldtimer - Klasik Okuma Grubu - Mayıs 2018 Eski Klasiklerden Anketi

Mayıs 2018'de aşağıdaki eski klasiklerden hangisini okuyalım?

 
  11 votes 21.2%

 
  8 votes 15.4%

Jane Austen - Gurur ve Önyargı, 1813, 424 sayfa
 
  7 votes 13.5%

Nikolai Gogol - Ölü Canlar, 1842, 479 sayfa
 
  6 votes 11.5%

Filibeli Ahmet Hilmi - Amak-ı Hayal, 1908, 147 sayfa
 
  5 votes 9.6%

Voltaire - Candide, 1759, 170 sayfa
 
  5 votes 9.6%

Anatole France- Penguenler Adası, 1908, 302 sayfa
 
  2 votes 3.8%

Herman Melville - Kâtip Bartleby, 1853, 63 sayfa
 
  2 votes 3.8%

 
  2 votes 3.8%

Maxim Gorky - Mujik, 1900, 168 sayfa
 
  2 votes 3.8%

Anne Brontë - Şatodaki Kadın, 1848, 362 sayfa
 
  1 vote 1.9%

Charles Dickens - Zor Zamanlar, 1854, 272 sayfa
 
  1 vote 1.9%

Henry James - Avrupalılar, 1878, 214 sayfa
 
  0 votes 0.0%

52 total votes
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