Letters from Russia
Letters from Russia
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Summary
In 1835, when de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" became a bestseller, Balzac suggested that the Marquis de Custine should do for European perceptions of Russia what de Tocqueville had done for America. The result was his book on Russia "Lettres de Russie" which was completed in 1839.
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Letters from Russia by Astolphe De Custine
The Marquis de Custine was born in 1790 into an anti-revolutionary background, and brought up in exile by his mother and her lover, Chateaubriand (both his father and grandfather had been guillotined). As a young man he was banished from polite society as a result of a homosexual scandal, but remained a close friend of Stendhal and Balzac and was admired by Baudelaire for his dandyism. In 1835, when de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" became a bestseller, Balzac suggested that Custine should do for European perceptions of Russia what de Tocqueville had done for America. Custine went to Russia a monarchist and legitimist, but returned a constitutionalist. His "Lettres de Russie" (1839) invited comparison with de Tocqueville's "Anatomy of the Astute" .| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140445480 |
| ISBN 10 | 014044548X |
| Title | Letters from Russia |
| Author | Astolphe De Custine |
| Series | Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1991-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |