Category: Biographies
In looking over the collection of the portraits of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, we are witnesses of a strange transformation. That of Lafitte, engraved in 1805, during the lifetime of the original, represents a fine old man with a long face, strongly marked features, and locks o...
He felt about for some time longer before finally taking up the pen. In vain his friend Hennin urged him: "Above all, do not keep saying as you have done hitherto, 'I will write...
1. CHAPTER I.In looking over the collection of the portraits of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, we are witnesses of a strange transformation. That of Lafitte, engraved in 1805, during the lifetim...
4. CHAPTER V.We have not yet got through half the _Complete Works_, and our task is nearly done. With the exception of certain pages, pleasant or valuable for the information which they cont...
3. CHAPTER IV.Before the appearance of the _Études de la Nature_, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was a poor devil, in want, and little known outside one or two salons, where he was not liked, and...