Anatole France was born François-Anatole Thibault in Paris, the son of a bookseller. His father's bookstore, Librairie France, specialized in books and papers on the French Revolution and was frequented by many notable writers and scholars of the day. Anatole France studied at the Collège Stanislas and went to work with his father after his graduation. After several years he became a cataloguer at Bacheline-Deflorenne and at Lemerre. He began his career as a poet and a journalist. In 1876 he was appointed a librarian for the French Senate. He became famous with the novel Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), which won a prize from the French Academy. He was elected to the Académie française in 1896. In the 1920s, his writings were put on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Prohibited Books Index) of the Roman Catholic Church. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921.
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Les dieux ont soif
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Thaïs
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Le livre de mon ami
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The red lily
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Thais
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On life & letters
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Révolte des anges
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The aspirations of Jean Servien
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Le mannequin d'osier
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Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard: membre de l'Institut
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The well of Saint Clare
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Pierre Nozière
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The life of Joan of Arc
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A mummer's tale
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L' orme du mail
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Balthasar
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Crainquebille, Putois, Riquet et plusieurs autres récits profitables
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La rôtisserie de la reine Pédauque
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L' ile des pingouins
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Mother of pearl
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Little Pierre
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Histoire comique
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La révolte des anges
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Monsieur Bergeret in Paris
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Crainquebille
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La vie littéraire
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The amethyst ring
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L' anneau d'améthyste
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The garden of Epicurus
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The Queen Pedauque
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Monsieur Bergeret à Paris
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Les désirs de Jean Servien
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La ro tisserie de la Reine Pe dauque
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L' étui de nacre
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Jocasta & The famished cat
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Clio: & The chateau de Vaux-le-vicomte
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At the Sign of the Reine Pedauque
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At the sign of the Reine Pédauque
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The Latin genius
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Le génie latin
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Anatole France
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La revolte des anges
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Le jardin d'Epicure
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Bee: the princess of the dwarfs
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Le puits de Sainte Claire
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Anatole France par lui-même
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The bride of Corinth, and other poems & plays
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Les contes de Jacques Tournebroche
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The opinions of Jérôme Coignard
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Les opinions de m. Jérôme Coignard
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Vers les temps meilleurs
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Jocaste, et Le chat maigre
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Anatole France himself: a Boswellian record
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Le jardin d'Épicure
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My friend's book
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Honey-bee
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Pierre Noziere
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Novels of Anatole France: The Gods Are Athirst; Thais; The Red Lily
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Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et autres contes merveilleux
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L' e tui de nacre
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At the sign of Reine Pédauque
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The bloom of life
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Rabelais: Auguste Comte : Pierre Laffitte
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The Great Novels of Anatole France: Penguin Island, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard and The Revolt of the Angels
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L' île des pingouins
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The crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (member of the Institute)
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The romance of the Queen Pédauque
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Anatole France and his circle: being his table-talk
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Histoire contemporaine
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La comédie de celui qui épousa une femme muette
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Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
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The man who married a dumb wife: a comedy in two acts
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Under the rose
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Prefaces, introductions and other uncollected papers
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The unrisen dawn
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La vie litteraire
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The opinions of Je ro me Coignard
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Sur la voie glorieuse: Orné du portrait à l'eau-forte de l'auteur
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Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue: et autres contes mervielleux
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The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche and child life in town and country: A translation by Alfred Allinson.
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Our children: scenes from the country and the town
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Jocaste: et, Le chat maigre.
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Les autels de la peur: Avec une introd., des notes explicatives, et une étude critique par Juliette de Gardony Gilman.
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The seven wives of Bluebeard & other marvellous tales
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The Human Tragedy
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Marguerite
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The six greatest novels of Anatole France ..
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Anatole France à La Béchellerie: propos et souvenirs, 1914-1924
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Abeille
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Ce que disent nos morts
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Golden tales of Anatole France
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The opinions of Anatole France
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Aux étudiants: discours prononcé à la Maison des étudiants, le samedi 28 mai 1910, précédé de Sur le Mont Latin
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Les matinées de la Villa Saïd: propos d'Anatole France, recueillis par Paul Gsell.
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The path of glory
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Crainquebille, Putois, Riquet
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Au petit bonheur: comédie en un acte
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The Life of Joan of Arc, Volume II
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Le comte Morin, député
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The Life of Joan of Arc, Volume I
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- Anatole, France
- France Anatole
- Anatole FRANCE
- ANATOLE FRANCE
- France, Anatole
- Anatole A. France
- France, Anatole 1844-1924
- Anatole France; Mrs
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- Anatole France; Translated By A.W. Evans Illustrations By Frank C. Pape
- Anatole France; Translated By Frederic Chapman Illustrations By Frank C.
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