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The Aspirations Of Jean Servien

The Aspirations Of Jean Servien

France, Anatole

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Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1419152777
ISBN13: 9781419152771
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.26 Width: 7.56 Depth: 9.24
Language: English
The Aspirations of Jean Servien is a novel by French author Anatole France. The story takes place in Paris in the late 19th century and follows the life of a young man named Jean Servien. Jean is a clerk who dreams of rising above his station in life and becoming a successful writer. He is also in love with a beautiful woman named Claire, but she is already engaged to another man.As Jean tries to make his way in the literary world, he is faced with many challenges and setbacks. He struggles to find his voice as a writer and is constantly rejected by publishers. Meanwhile, his relationship with Claire becomes more complicated as she starts to have doubts about her engagement.Throughout the novel, Jean is forced to confront the realities of his situation and come to terms with the fact that his aspirations may not be achievable. He learns valuable lessons about love, ambition, and the importance of staying true to oneself.The Aspirations of Jean Servien is a beautifully written and insightful novel that explores timeless themes of love, ambition, and identity. It is a must-read for fans of French literature and anyone who has ever struggled to achieve their dreams.Shut up in his room, he was filled with a great pity for himself and longed to recover the peace of mind, the calm of the senses, the happy life that had vanished along with the leaf he had abandoned that evening to the drifting current. He opened a novel, but at the first mention of love he pitched the volume down, and fell to reading a book of travel, following the steps of an English explorer into the reed palace of the King of Uganda. He ascended the Upper Nile to Urondogami; hippopotamuses snorted in the swamps, waders and guinea-fowl rose in flight, while a herd of antelopes sped flying through the tall grasses.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.

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