Book cover for Frederic And Bernerette by Alfred De Musset

Frederic And Bernerette

2004 Released
48 Pages
1 Hours
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Kessinger PublishingISBN 9781419120800

""Frederic and Bernerette"" is a novel written by Alfred de Musset, a French author and playwright. The story follows the lives of two young lovers, Frederic and Bernerette, who come from different social classes. Frederic is a wealthy aristocrat, while Bernerette is a poor seamstress. Despite their differences, they fall deeply in love and dream of a future together.However, their love is put to the test when Frederic's family disapproves of their relationship and tries to separate them. Bernerette is forced to leave Paris, and Frederic is left heartbroken. The novel explores themes of love, class, and societal expectations.Musset was known for his romantic and emotional writing style, and ""Frederic and Bernerette"" is no exception. The novel is a classic tale of forbidden love and the struggles that come with it. It is a timeless story that continues to captivate readers today.In the midst of her disorder and tears, she told Frederic what she had always tried to hide from him. Her father was a carpenter and very poor and, after having horribly maltreated her during her childhood, they had sold her, at the age of sixteen, to a man no longer young. This man, wealthy and generous, had given her somewhat of an education. But he soon died and, being without means of sustaining herself, she had joined a troupe of comedians in the provinces. Her brother had followed from town to town, forcing her to give up to him whatever she made, and overwhelming her with blows and insults when she was unable to satisfy his demands.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Alfred De Musset

An infant prodigy of French romanticism and much inspired by Shakespeare and Schiller, Alfred de Musset (b. 1810) wrote the first modern dramas in the French language. His best-known plays include Les Caprices de Marianne (1833), Lorenzaccio (1833 - often referred to as the French Hamlet), and Un Caprice. His plays are some of the best of French theatre in the nineteenth century, though he was also an esteemed poet and novelist. He received the Légion d'honneur on 24 April 1845, at the same time as Balzac, and was elected to the Académie française in 1852. He died in 1857.

Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay was born on 11 December 1810 in Paris. He was dramatist, poet, and novelist and after his graduation in medicine he became one of the first Romantic writers. Main works including: poems, Contes d'Espagne et d'Italie (1829), Un Spectacle dans un fauteuil (1832), Poésies completes (1840), Poésies nouvelles (1850); novels such as La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century, 1836), Histoire d'un merle blanc (The White Blackbird, 1842) and plays : La Nuit vénitienne (1830), André del Sarto (1833), Lorenzaccio (1834), On ne badine pas avec l'amour (1834), Un Caprice (1837), Carmosine (1850), Bettine (1851). Musset also received the Légion d'honneur on 24 April 1845, at the same time as Balzac, and was elected to the Académie française in 1852. He died in 1857.

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