Anatole France (Censorship (Ready Reference series))

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Anatole France’s first novel, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, appeared in 1881. This first success was followed by many others, including At the Sign of the Reine Pédauque (1893); The Red Lily (1894); L’Histoire contemporaine (1897-1901); L’Histoire comique (1903); Penguin Island (1908); and The Gods Are Athirst (1912). He achieved great fame during his lifetime and was elected to the French Academy in 1896 and earning the Nobel Prize in Literature 1921.

France’s fame did not,...

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