Benjamin Constant by Hippolyte Castille
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"Benjamin Constant" by Hippolyte Castille is a biography written in the mid-19th century, specifically around the year 1857. The book explores the life and contributions of the Swiss-French political thinker and writer Benjamin Constant, who played a significant role in the intellectual landscape of early 19th-century France. The text delves into Constant's complex character and the historical events that shaped his views on democracy, politics, and personal relationships. The biography chronicles Benjamin
Constant’s life from his birth in 1767 to his death in 1830, detailing significant milestones such as his relationship with prominent figures like Madame de Staël and his turbulent political career. Constant navigated the sociopolitical upheavals of the French Revolution, experiencing the contradictions of democracy and personal ambition firsthand. His life is portrayed as a continuous interplay of passionate endeavors in politics, literature, and love, often marked by an underlying irony and skepticism. Castille provides insight into Constant's thoughts, his deep emotional struggles, and his essential contributions to liberal philosophy, making this work an engaging study of a man who wrestled with the challenges of his time while shaping modern political discourse. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Castille, Hippolyte, 1820-1886 |
|---|---|
| Title | Benjamin Constant |
| Credits |
Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (dp.rastko.net); produced from images of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco |
| Subject | France -- History -- 1789-1900 |
| Subject | Authors, French -- 19th century -- Biography |
| Subject | Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography |
| Subject | Constant, Benjamin, -- 1767-1830 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 20398 |
| Release Date | Jan 19, 2007 |
| Last Update | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 300 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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