The Confession of a Child of the Century
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The Confession of a Child of the Century is by Alfred de Musset. The text says Napoleon, in passing, shook the world, and that kings felt their crowns oscillate in the storm and, raising hands to steady them, found only their hair, bristling with terror. The text repeats a saying: when you meet a mad dog, if you keep quietly on your way without turning, the dog will merely follow you a short distance growling and showing his teeth. The text says that with Napoleon dead, human and divine power were reestablished, but belief in them no longer existed.
A character in the text says to accept a commission for a friend of her family and says, You will stop in the Vosges and you will go as far as Strasburg. A speaker in the text says that if Brigitte dies to-morrow, you will weep on her tomb, and asks where you will go when you leave her.
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- Author
- Alfred de Musset
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
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- French Classics
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