[Pocket Edition] World Classics Library - John Christopher (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: (French) Roman Rolland, translated by Xu Yuanchong
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: ★32-page paperback, published by China Drama Press ★A representative novel of Roman Rolland, fully presenting the original style of the classic masterpiece Jean-Christophe is a long novel by the French writer Roman Rolland. The novel depicts the growth process and life of a German musical genius in his struggle against fate, portraying a character full of contradictions and inconsistencies, an artist full of life passion but attacked by an antagonistic world, reflecting the difficult growth journey of an entire generation of intellectuals with humanistic ideals, pursuing light and freedom. The novel presents a broad social landscape and raises many significant social issues, singing a passionate ode to the kind and progressive ordinary people who fight for the cause of human justice. Roman Rolland uniquely integrates music into the characters' personalities and the plot, giving the novel symphonic thoughts, emotions, and rhythms, pioneering the history of literature with musical novels and long river novels, with great artistic charm and powerful emotional impact. After its publication, the novel was loved by readers around the world and inspired generations, especially young people, to fight. In 1915, Roman Rolland won the Nobel Prize in Literature for this novel.