Anatole France

No nation on earth has produced a greater and more honored literature than France....

Anatole France (1844-1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist who wrote several best sellers. The Revolt of the Angels is a mischievous take on the theology of modern society; it chronicles the thoughts of Arcade, a lowly guardian angel, as he discovers ugly truths....

On a winter night in a quiet French town, a devout woman rises before dawn to attend the early Mass—only to find the church filled with worshippers who do not belong to the living world.

Penguin Island is Anatole France’s most searching and satirical novel. A humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites, its subject is human nature, but its characters are penguins in the mythical land of Penguinia....

Nous sommes en 1793, Évariste Gamelin, un jeune peintre parisien, sensible à l'injustice et généreux, devient juré au tribunal révolutionnaire...

First published in 1908, and widely regraded as his masterpiece, Penguin Island is Anatole France's most searching and satirical novel. A humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites...

An enchanting collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written by notable French authors....

This work vividly examines the lives of artists, nobles, commoners, and members of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the Reign of Terror in Paris....

Baltasar y otros relatos reúne seis relatos y una novela corta del Premio Nobel Anatole France. Una muestra de la maestría de su dominio del lenguaje y de la...

Faith is a wonderful thing. Whether it's faith in each other or to a God, Gods, or whatever entity you believe in, it brings a familiar comfort and sustenance to heart, soul and mental wellbeing.

On the eve of All Hallows' Day, in a secluded village in the heart of France, the veil between the living and the dead begins to blur. "The Mass of Shadows" is a haunting tale that invites you into a world where ancient traditions and spectral apparitions converge in a chilling dance of the macabre.

Anatole France (1844 - 1924) was a leading French poet and writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1921....

Our fear of the Devil, whatever his temptations and rewards, is amplified by the thought of eternal damnation in his hell house service.

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all.

Love has many forms, many needs. Some fall into the dark, into the shadows. Forbidden love has connotations of desire, of possession but also of matters far more unsavoury. It’s a delicate facet of love that our classic authors explain with careful words and superbly crafted narratives.

Anatole France creo una de las grandes novelas, que sobre el fondo de los anos posteriores....

„Der Christ des Ozeans" berichtet von einem hölzernen Kruzifix inklusive Jesusportrait, das an die Küste eines französischen Dorfes angeschwemmt wird – sendet Gott ein aktuelles Zeichen?

In „Gedanken eines Hundes" gerät die Seelenwelt eines Hundes völlig durcheinander, weil alles, was er von der Welt – seiner Vorstellung von der Welt – bisher zu wissen glaubte, durch einen Umzug seines Herrchens durcheinander gewirbelt wird.

Die Schriften der französischen Prosa-Ikone Anatole France wurden zu Beginn des letzten Jahrhunderts vom Vatikan auf den Index verbotener Bücher gesetzt. Ob bei den offiziellen europäischen Gottes-Profis inzwischen ein Umdenken stattgefunden hat, ist zu bezweifeln.

Es difícil valorar hoy lo que significó Anatole France en su tiempo. Fue un escritor adorado por los liberales del mundo occidental. En él se daba esa militancia respetuosa por los lugares comunes de lo políticamente correcto....