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The Revolt of the Angels: A Satirical Fantasy of Obedience, Liberty, and the Paradoxes of Revolt
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Publisher: Curated Collection Publishing
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A guardian angel begins to read-and discovers reasons to rebel.
In Paris, Arcade has been neglecting his heavenly duties in favor of the books in a distinguished private library. His studies lead him to question the authority of the God he serves. Convinced that obedience rests on ignorance, he abandons his appointed role and seeks out other angels living among humanity. Together, they begin planning a new revolt against Heaven.
But earthly life offers distractions as powerful as revolutionary ideals. Among the angels are lovers, musicians, thinkers, and conspirators, each with a different understanding of freedom and a different appetite for change. As their plans develop, arguments about divine rule become entangled with personal desires, rivalries, and the pleasures of Paris.
Anatole France turns this celestial conspiracy into an irreverent satire of religious authority, political ambition, and the uses of knowledge. Conversations about rebellion open onto a sweeping reconsideration of civilization, exposing the uneasy relationships between belief and power, culture and violence, liberation and control. The angels may possess supernatural origins, but their weaknesses are recognizably human.
At the heart of their enterprise lies a troubling question: does overthrowing a ruler destroy tyranny, or merely give someone else the opportunity to practice it? France tests the rebels' confidence with wit and irony, asking whether the desire to command can survive beneath the language of freedom.
First published in 1914, The Revolt of the Angels combines philosophical fantasy with social comedy and religious satire. For readers drawn to rebellious angels, intellectual mischief, and stories that question their own revolutionary promises, it offers a sharp exploration of obedience, liberty, and the temptations of power.
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