Jean-Christophe: The Dawn is the first volume of Romain Rolland's series "Jean-Christophe," that tells the story of the life and aspirations of an artist named Jean-Christophe Krafft. The novel follows Jean-Christophe from his childhood in a small village in Germany to his adulthood in Paris, where he becomes a successful composer and musician. In...More
Romain Rolland (29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings". He was a leading supporter of Joseph Stalin in France and is also noted for his correspondence with and influence on Sigmund Freud.
Romain Rolland (29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings". He was a leading supporter of Joseph Stalin in France and is also noted for his correspondence with and influence on Sigmund Freud.
Book Summary
Jean-Christophe: The Dawn is the first volume of Romain Rolland's series "Jean-Christophe," that tells the story of the life and aspirations of an artist named Jean-Christophe Krafft. The novel follows Jean-Christophe from his childhood in a small village in Germany to his adulthood in Paris, where he becomes a successful composer and musician. In "The Dawn," we are introduced to Jean-Christophe as a young boy living in a small German village. He is a bright and curious child, but he is also deeply unhappy with his life. He feels stifled by the narrow-mindedness and conformity of his community, and he longs to experience the world outside of his village. As he grows older, he becomes increasingly rebellious, and he begins to question the traditional values of his society. "The Dawn" is a powerful and moving novel that explores the themes of individuality, creativity, and the search for meaning in life. It is a novel that is highly critical of the society it depicts, but it is also a novel that is full of hope and the possibility of change.