Alfred Comte De Vigny, 1797 - 1863, was a French writer.
His poems are studied by teenagers in colleges of France and this is the way I knew firstly this author.
One day, I bought by random choice a small pocket book containing some of his writings (ISBN 2-87714-344-9). Here are a few notes following my reading and my interest to this author:
- Surprised to learn that Alfred de Vigny had a military career.
- When buying, I thought it was poetry but it is only a story; in fact three stories packed in one.
- Interesting social description of people during French revolution (3rd story). Infos of A. de V. were certainly fresher than today.
- Pages of main interest to my eyes are in the dialog p. 18-19; more precisely in the replies of Dr Noir "Dieu du ciel ...", "Il vous y enfoncera ...", "Méprisez mais n'étouffez pas ...".
- The author is one of the few first persons that are not only known by painting but also by photograph.
- A curious fact, also is that the famous words "comediante tragediante" - from Pope speaking of Napoleon 1st - have no other source than A. de Vigny writings.
(alphacode : devignyalfred ; numcode : 348)
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