Mémoires d'Outre-tombe

François-Luc-Courche-Brillouin, memorable autobiography, France 1809, Memories of the anniversary, Others 1841

This work shares common features with the earliest French "memories" (such as memoirs of Saint-Simon), but also Mémoiresd'Ondre-Tombe from "Confession of Jean-Jacques Rousseau" also inspires I am getting it. Recording outside the Chateaubriand activity includes details of his private life and personal wishes. Chateaubriand decided to write a memoir in Rome at the end of 1803, but he did not start writing until 1809, and yet the demands of other projects delayed his progress It was. In 1817, he returned to memoirs. The first manuscript was probably written during his tenure as London ambassador and was not completed until 1826. At the moment he is going to get a book called "memories of my life".

However, in 1830, Chateaubriand decided to change the scope of the work, changed the title to Mémoiresd'Outre-Tombe, completely modified the original text, and wrote several new volumes. He divided the life before 1830 into three periods: soldiers and travelers, novelists and politicians. The project is now becoming more ambitious, indeed, he is trying to reproduce his personal achievements, not the magnificent historical and political affairs of that era. After the public reading of his work at the salon was dispersed, in 1836, Chardonnay handed his rights to work for the society who published it to his death and paid him accordingly. After gaining this economic stability, he completed the work of Volume 4. In 1841, he wrote a complete conclusion.