Romain Rolland Selected Works (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Roman Rolland
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The selected collection is the best and most convenient form of social and cultural accumulation. To meet the broad social needs of reading appreciation, cultural education, and even academic research, and to facilitate readers in collecting and preserving masterpieces of foreign literature, the "Selected Works of Foreign Literary Masters" series is published. Among the world literature masterpieces of the 20th century, the one that can resonate with a generation is likely Roman Rolland's Jean-Christophe. As early as the 1950s, this book was the most borrowed at Peking University. By the 1960s, China launched an unprecedented "Cultural Revolution," criticizing the spirit of individual struggle in the novel. But strangely enough, after the decade of chaos during the Cultural Revolution, at Peking University, this work became one of the required readings among thirty or so world literature masterpieces. This demonstrates the immense influence of the novel. Rolland also incorporated his own life experiences into the book; readers, in turn, use their personal insights to validate it, so this book spreads like the vast river sound across the globe. Rolland's heroes are not those who achieve victory through thought or force, but rather those with great souls and great characters. Great characters are often forged in the struggle against fate, both against the external world and the inner world.