Anatole FRANCE
François Anatole Thibault, known as Anatole France.
Born on 16 April 1844 in Paris, France.
Died on 12 October 1924 in Saint-Cyr, Indre-et-Loire, France.
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Categories: Novels,
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Short-Story Collections,
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Children’s Book,
Theatre,
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AI. Source: photograph by Wilhelm Benque.
NOVELS
Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard, membre de l’Institut (1879–1881).
(The crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, member of the Institute.)
Part 1: La bûche. Part 2: La fille de Clémentine (renamed Jeanne Alexandre in 1903), comprising La fée and Le petit Saint Georges.
La fée published in the magazine Revue alsacienne of December 1879 and January 1880. La bûche serialised in the newspaper Le Temps from 21 to 30 January 1880. Fragment from Le petit Saint Georges published in Revue alsacienne of November 1880, under the title Une très vieille histoire d’amour. Le petit Saint Georges published entirely in the magazine La Nouvelle Revue from 1 December 1880 to 1 January 1881. Complete novel published in book form in Paris by Calmann Lévy in 1881. Revised in 1903 and 1922.
French:
December 1879 and
January 1880 (Revue alsacienne; section La fée);
— 21 January,
22 January,
23 January,
24 January,
25 January,
29 January and
30 January 1880 (Le Temps; section La bûche);
— November 1880 (Revue alsacienne; fragment from Le petit Saint Georges);
— 1 December,
15 December 1880 and
1 January 1881 (La Nouvelle Revue; section Le petit Saint Georges);
— 1881 (1st edition);
— 1885 (7th edition);
— 1889 (11th edition);
— 1896 (26th edition);
— 1897 (33rd edition);
— 1898 (37th edition);
— 1898 (38th edition);
— 1901 (50th edition);
— 1906 (with notes in English);
— 1907 (illustrated by Paul Destez);
— c. 1910 (136th edition);
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 2).
English:
The crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (Lafcadio Hearn, 1890).
Les désirs de Jean Servien (1882).
(The aspirations of Jean Servien.)
Published in Paris by Alphonse Lemerre in 1882.
French:
1882 (1st edition);
— 1907 (13th edition);
— 1907 (23rd edition);
— 1915 (31st edition);
— 1921 (56th edition);
— 1924;
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 3).
English:
The aspirations of Jean Servien (Alfred Allinson, 1912).
Les autels de la peur (1884).
(The altars of fear.)
Serialised in the newspaper Journal des Débats from 2 to 16 March 1884. Printed in book form in Paris on 21 May 1926 for a private edition of 100 copies falsely dated 1885. First public edition in Paris by Nizet in 1971, with a study by Juliette de Gardony Gilman. Six of this novel’s eleven chapters were reused in short stories of the 1892 collection L’étui de nacre: chapter 1 in L’aube; chapter 3 in Madame de Luzy; chapter 5 as an embedded story in Le petit soldat de plomb, then as a separate story titled La perquisition in the 1922 revised edition of L’étui de nacre; chapters 6 (extensively revised) and 8 in Anecdote de Floréal An II; and chapter 9 in La mort accordée.
French:
2 March [chapter 1],
5 March [chapter 2],
7 March and
8 March [chapter 3],
11 March [chapter 4],
12 March [chapter 5],
14 March [chapter 6],
15 March [chapters 7–9] and
16 March 1884 [chapters 10–11] (Journal des Débats);
— 1971 (critical edition).
Thaïs (1889).
Serialised in the magazine Revue des Deux Mondes from 1 July to 1 August 1889. Published in book form in Paris by Calmann Lévy on 14 October 1890, dated 1891. Revised in 1920.
French:
1 July,
15 July and
1 August 1889 (Revue des Deux Mondes);
— 1891 (1st edition);
— 1897 (24th edition);
— 1906;
— 1909 (illustrated by Georges Rochegrosse);
— 1922 (revised);
— 1925;
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 5).
English:
Thaïs (Ernest Tristan, 1902, ed. 1911);
— Thaïs (Robert Bruce Douglas, 1909;
see also 1926, illustrated by Frank Papé);
— Thaïs (Basia Gulati, 1976).
La rôtisserie de la Reine Pédauque (1892).
(The Queen Pédauque rotisserie.)
Serialised in the newspaper L’Écho de Paris from 6 October to 2 December 1892. Published in book form in Paris by Calmann Lévy in 1893.
French:
6 October 1892 (L’Écho de Paris; first instalment);
— 1893 (2nd edition);
— 1893 (6th edition);
— 1899 (28th edition);
— 1899 (31st edition);
— 1904 (48th edition);
— 1912 (90th edition);
— 1912 (106th edition);
— 1926 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 8);
— 1928 (revised).
English:
The Queen Pédauque (Joseph Stritzko, 1910);
— At the sign of the Reine Pédauque (Emilie Jackson, 1912;
see also 1928, illustrated by Frank Papé).
Les opinions de M. Jérôme Coignard, recueillies par Jacques Tournebroche (1893).
(The opinions of Mr. Jérôme Coignard, collected by Jacques Tournebroche.)
Published in Paris by Calmann Lévy in 1893.
French:
1893 (1st edition);
— 1893 (5th edition);
— 1895 (10th edition);
— 1895 (11th edition);
— 1910 (44th edition);
— c. 1910 (47th edition);
— 1911;
— 1914 (illustrated by Louis Jou);
— 1917;
— 1920 (122nd edition);
— 1925;
— 1926 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 8).
English:
The opinions of Jérôme Coignard (Emilie Jackson, 1913).
Le lys rouge (1894).
(The red lily.)
Serialised in the magazine La Revue de Paris from 1 April to 1 June 1894. Published in book form in Paris by Calmann Lévy in July 1894. Revised in 1921.
French:
1 April,
15 April,
1 May,
15 May and
1 June 1894 (La Revue de Paris);
— 1894 (2nd edition);
— 1894 (14th edition);
— 1895 (33rd edition);
— 1895 (34th edition);
— 1896 (36th edition);
— 1897 (43rd edition);
— 1903 (illustrated by Auguste François-Marie Gorguet);
— 1906;
— 1925;
— 1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 9);
— 1960;
— 1962.
English:
The red lily (anonymous, 1898);
— The red lily (Winifred Stephens, 1908;
see also 1925).
Histoire contemporaine.
1. L’orme du mail (1897).
French:
1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 11).
English:
The elm-tree on the mall (Mary Patricia Willcocks, 1910).
2. Le mannequin d’osier (1897).
French:
1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 11).
English:
The wicker-work woman (Mary Patricia Willcocks, 1910).
3. L’anneau d’améthyste (1899).
French:
1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 12).
English:
The amethyst ring (Bérengère Drillien, 1919).
4. Monsieur Bergeret à Paris (1901).
French:
1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 12).
English:
Monsieur Bergeret in Paris (Bérengère Drillien, 1921).
Histoire comique (1902–1903).
(A story of comedians.)
Expanded from the author’s 1894 short story Chevalier. Serialised in the magazine La Revue de Paris from 15 December 1902 to 15 January 1903. Published in book form in Paris by Calmann-Lévy in 1903.
French:
15 December 1902,
1 January and
15 January 1903 (La Revue de Paris);
— 1903 (1st edition);
— 1903 (14th edition);
— 1905 (illustrated by Edgar Chahine);
— 1911 (illustrated by Basté);
— 1921;
— 1921 (93rd edition);
— 1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 13).
English:
A mummer’s tale (Charles Émile Roche, 1921).
Sur la pierre blanche (1905).
French:
1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 13).
English:
The white stone (Charles Émile Roche, 1910).
L’île des pingouins (1908).
French:
1929 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 18).
English:
Penguin Island (Arthur William Evans, 1909;
see also 1925, illustrated by Frank Papé).
Les dieux ont soif (1912).
French:
1931 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 20).
English:
The gods are athirst (Alfred Allinson, 1913; revised by Emilie Jackson in 1914?; also published as The gods will have blood).
La révolte des anges (1914).
French:
1930 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 22).
English:
The revolt of the angels (Emilie Jackson, 1914).
NOVELLAS
Jocaste (1878).
(Jocasta.)
Serialised anonymously in the newspaper Le Temps from 9 to 24 October 1878. Published in book form in Paris by Calmann Lévy in February 1879, along with Le Chat maigre.
French:
9 October,
10 October,
11 October,
12 October,
13 October,
16 October,
17 October,
18 October,
19 October,
20 October,
23 October and
24 October 1878 (Le Temps);
— 1879 (1st edition;
see also 1879);
— 1894;
— 1907 (19th edition);
— 1912 (Nelson);
— 1921 (illustrated by Chas Laborde);
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 2).
English:
Jocasta (Agnes Farley, 1912;
see also 1924).
Le Chat maigre (1879).
(The Skinny Cat.)
Published in Paris by Calmann Lévy in February 1879, along with Jocaste.
French:
1879 (1st edition;
see also 1879);
— 17 December,
24 December and
31 December 1892 (in L’Univers illustré, illustrated by Georges Redon);
— 1894;
— 1907 (19th edition);
— 1912 (Nelson);
— 1921 (illustrated by Chas Laborde);
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 2).
English:
The Famished Cat (Agnes Farley, 1912;
see also 1924).
Abeille (1882).
Published in four instalments in the magazine La Revue politique et littéraire from 8 to 29 July 1882. The fifth chapter of this first version was not included in the subsequent editions. Published in book form in Paris by Charavay in 1883, with illustrations by Carl Gerhts. Collected in Balthasar in 1889.
French:
8 July,
15 July,
22 July and
29 July 1882 (La Revue politique et littéraire);
— 1883 (Charavay);
— 1889 (Balthasar);
— 1890 (with notes in English).
English:
Honey-bee (Anna Eichberg Lane, 1909).
La chemise (1909).
SHORT-STORY COLLECTIONS
Balthasar (1889).
Published in Paris by Calmann Lévy on 8 April 1889.
Contents: Balthasar. — Le réséda du curé. — M. Pigeonneau. — La fille de Lilith. — Læta Acilia. — L’œuf rouge. — Abeille.
French:
1889 (2nd edition);
— 1889 (4th edition);
— 1896 (7th edition);
— 1905;
— 1908 (22nd edition);
— 1921;
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 4);
— 1928.
English:
Balthasar (Anna Eichberg Lane, 1909).
L’étui de nacre (1892).
(The mother-of-pearl holder.)
Published in Paris by Calmann Lévy on 28 September 1892. Revised in 1922.
Contents: Le procurateur de Judée. — Amycus et Célestin. — La légende des saintes Oliverie et Liberette. — Sainte Euphrosine. — Scolastica. — Le jongleur de Notre-Dame. — La messe des ombres. — Leslie Wood. — Gestas. — Le manuscrit d’un médecin de campagne. — Mémoires d’un volontaire. — L’aube. — Madame de Luzy. — La mort accordée. — Anecdote de Floréal An II. — Le petit soldat de plomb. — La perquisition (extracted and separated from the previous story in the 1922 revised edition).
French:
1892 (2nd edition);
— 1892 (4th edition);
— 1896 (12th edition);
— 1897 (14th edition);
— 1899 (16th edition);
— 1910 (42nd edition);
— 1921 (106th edition);
— 1923 (revised);
— 1924;
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 5).
English:
Tales from a mother-of-pearl casket (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896; pages 229 and 230 are missing in the linked copy, but they can be found in this
other copy, which is missing page 247);
— Mother of pearl (Frederic Chapman, 1908;
see also 1929, illustrated by Frank Papé, and
1930).
Le puits de sainte Claire (1895).
(The well of Saint Clare.)
Contents: Prologue. — Saint Satyre. — Messer Guido Cavalcanti. — Lucifer. — Les pains noirs. — Le joyeux Buffalmacco. — La dame de Vérone. — L’humaine tragédie. — Le mystère du sang. — La caution. — Histoire de doña Maria d’Avalos et du duc d’Andria. — Bonaparte à San Miniato.
French:
1895 (1st edition);
— 1895 (5th edition);
— 1895 (10th edition);
— 1895 (13th edition);
— 1900;
— 1920 (65th edition);
— 1925 (illustrated by Georges Rochegrosse);
— 1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 10).
English:
The well of Saint Clare (Alfred Allinson, 1909;
see also 1928, illustrated by Frank Papé).
Clio (1899).
Published in Paris by Calmann Lévy on 11 November 1899, dated 1900, with illustrations by Mucha.
Contents: Le chanteur de Kymé. — Komm l’Atrébate. — Farinata degli Uberti, ou La guerre civile. — Le roi boit. — « La Muiron ».
French:
1900 (1st edition);
— 1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 13).
English:
Clio (Winifred Stephens, 1922).
Crainquebille, Putois, Riquet et plusieurs autres récits profitables (1904).
French:
1928 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 14).
Les contes de Jacques Tournebroche (1908).
French:
1930 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 19).
Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et autres contes merveilleux (1909).
French:
1930 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 19).
SHORT STORIES
Histoire de Gaspar et de la reine de Saba (1884).
Published in the magazine L’Univers illustré of 5 January 1884, under the header Courrier de Paris, signed Gérôme, and in L’Univers illustré of 4 January 1896, signed Anatole France.
French:
5 January 1884 (L’Univers illustré);
— 4 January 1896 (L’Univers illustré).
Le manuscrit d’un médecin de campagne (1886).
Published in the magazine Les Arts et les Lettres of March 1886. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
March 1886 (Les Arts et les Lettres);
— July 1887 (La Revue indépendante de Littérature et d’Art; under the title Éloi, and with a shorter introduction);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
A village doctor’s manuscript (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— The manuscript of a village doctor (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Le réséda du curé (1886).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 16 May 1886, under the header La vie à Paris (seventh and eighth paragraphs). Collected in Balthasar in 1889.
French:
16 May 1886 (Le Temps);
— 1889 (Balthasar).
English:
The curé’s mignonette (Anna Eichberg Lane, 1909).
Balthasar (1886).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 26 December 1886. Collected in Balthasar in 1889.
French:
26 December 1886 (Le Temps);
— 1889 (Balthasar);
— 26 December 1891 (L’Univers illustré; illustrated by M. Maréchal);
— 1900 (illustrated by Henri Caruchet; as Balthasar et la reine Balkis);
— December 1909 (Le Figaro illustré; illustrated by Eugène Grasset);
— 1925 (illustrated by Serge de Solomko).
English:
Balthasar (Anna Eichberg Lane, 1909).
M. Pigeonneau (1887).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 9 January 1887. Collected in Balthasar in 1889.
French:
9 January 1887 (Le Temps);
— 1889 (Balthasar).
English:
M. Pigeonneau (Anna Eichberg Lane, 1909).
L’œuf rouge (1887).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 10 April 1887. Collected in Balthasar in 1889.
French:
10 April 1887 (Le Temps);
— 1889 (Balthasar).
English:
The red egg (Anna Eichberg Lane, 1909).
La fille de Lilith (1887).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 25 December 1887. Collected in Balthasar in 1889.
French:
25 December 1887 (Le Temps);
— 1889 (Balthasar).
English:
The daughter of Lilith (Anna Eichberg Lane, 1909).
Læta Acilia (1888).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 1 April 1888, as Lœta Acilia. Collected in Balthasar in 1889. Spelled Læta Acilia in later editions of the collection.
French:
1 April 1888 (Le Temps);
— 1889 (Balthasar).
English:
Laeta Acilia (Anna Eichberg Lane, 1909).
Mémoires d’un volontaire (1888).
Published in the magazine La Revue de Famille of 15 May, 1 June and 15 June 1888, as À la frontière : Journal d’un volontaire. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
15 May,
1 June and
15 June 1888 (La Revue de Famille);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
Memoirs of a volunteer (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— Memoirs of a volunteer (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Scolastica (1889).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 8 December 1889, under the header La vie littéraire, as Histoire des deux amants d’Auvergne. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
8 December 1889 (Le Temps);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
Scolastica (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— Scholastica (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Le petit soldat de plomb (1890).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 1 January 1890. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892. This story contains another story, which originally formed the fifth chapter of the novel Les autels de la peur, published in the newspaper Journal des Débats of 12 March 1884. For the revised edition of the collection L’étui de nacre in 1922, Anatole France separated the two stories; the gap created in the first one was filled, and the second one was given the title La perquisition.
French:
1 January 1890 (Le Temps);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
The little lead soldier (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— The little leaden soldier (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Leslie Wood (1890).
Published in the newspaper Le Gaulois of 7 January 1890. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
7 January 1890 (Le Gaulois);
— 20 February 1892 (L’Univers illustré; partially reused);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
Leslie Wood (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— Leslie Wood (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Amycus et Célestin (1890).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 6 April 1890, under the header La vie littéraire. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
6 April 1890 (Le Temps);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
Amycus and Celestin (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— Amycus and Celestine (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Le jongleur de Notre-Dame (1890).
Published in the newspaper Le Gaulois of 10 May 1890. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
10 May 1890 (Le Gaulois);
— 22 May 1892 (Les Annales politiques et littéraires);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
The juggler of Notre Dame (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— Our Lady’s juggler (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
La légende des saintes Oliverie et Liberette (1890).
Published in the newspaper Le Gaulois of 24 October 1890, under the header Contes mystiques. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
24 October 1890 (Le Gaulois);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
Legend of Saints Oliverie and Liberette (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— The legend of Saints Oliveria and Liberetta (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
La messe des ombres (1890).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 26 December 1890, under the header Conte pour le jour de Noël. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
26 December 1890 (Le Temps);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
The mass of the shades (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— The mass of shadows (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Sainte Euphrosine (1891).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 29 March 1891, under the header Conte pour le jour de Pâques. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
29 March 1891 (Le Temps);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
Saint Euphrosine (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— St. Euphrosine (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Gestas (1891).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 19 April 1891, under the header La vie littéraire. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
19 April 1891 (Le Temps);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
Paul Verlaine (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— Gestas (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Le procurateur de Judée (1891).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 25 December 1891, under the header Conte pour le jour de Noël. Collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892.
French:
25 December 1891 (Le Temps);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
The procurator of Judea (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— The procurator of Judæa (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
L’aube (1892).
Published in the collection L’étui de nacre on 28 September 1892. This story reuses the first chapter of the novel Les autels de la peur, published in the newspaper Journal des Débats of 2 March 1884. Revised in 1922.
French:
2 March 1884 (Journal des Débats);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
The dawn (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— Dawn (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Madame de Luzy (1892).
Published in the collection L’étui de nacre on 28 September 1892. This story reuses the third chapter (extensively revised) of the novel Les autels de la peur, published in the newspaper Journal des Débats of 7 and 8 March 1884. Revised in 1922.
French:
7 March and
8 March 1884 (Journal des Débats);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
Madame de Luzy (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— Madame de Luzy (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
La mort accordée (1892).
Published in the collection L’étui de nacre on 28 September 1892. This story reuses the ninth chapter of the novel Les autels de la peur, published in the newspaper Journal des Débats of 15 March 1884. Revised in 1922.
French:
15 March 1884 (Journal des Débats);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
Death accorded (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— The boon of death bestowed (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Anecdote de Floréal An II (1892).
Published in the collection L’étui de nacre on 28 September 1892. This story reuses the sixth chapter (extensively revised) and the eighth chapter of the novel Les autels de la peur, published in the newspaper Journal des Débats of 14 and 15 March 1884. Revised in 1922.
French:
14 March and
15 March 1884 (Journal des Débats);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
English:
An anecdote of Floreal (Henri Pène Du Bois, 1896);
— A tale of the month of Floréal in the Year II (Frederic Chapman, 1908).
Le roi boit (1893).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 8 January 1893. Collected in Clio in 1899.
French:
8 January 1893 (Le Temps);
— 7 January 1896 (L’Écho de Paris; as Le roi de l’Épiphanie);
— 1900 (Clio).
English:
The king drinks (Winifred Stephens, 1922).
Chevalier (1894).
Published in the magazine La Vie contemporaine of 15 December 1894. Expanded in 1902–1903 into the novel Histoire comique.
French:
15 December 1894 (La Vie contemporaine).
Le chanteur de Kymé (1895).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 31 December 1895. Collected in Clio in 1899.
French:
31 December 1895 (Le Temps);
— January 1896 (Cosmopolis);
— 20 February 1896 (Revue pour les jeunes filles);
— 1900 (Clio).
English:
The bard of Kyme (Winifred Stephens, 1922).
Farinata degli Uberti, ou La guerre civile (1896).
Published in the newspaper Le Temps of 29 April 1896. Collected in Clio in 1899.
French:
29 April 1896 (Le Temps);
— 1900 (Clio).
English:
Farinata degli Uberti, or Civil war (Winifred Stephens, 1922).
« La Muiron » (1897).
Published in the magazine Cosmopolis of May 1897. Collected in Clio in 1899.
French:
May 1897 (Cosmopolis);
— 14 September 1897 (L’Écho de Paris; as Vendémiaire An VIII);
— 1900 (Clio).
English:
“La Muiron” (Winifred Stephens, 1922).
Komm l’Atrébate (1897).
Published in six instalments in the newspaper L’Écho de Paris from 28 September to 16 November 1897. Collected in Clio in 1899.
French:
28 September,
5 October,
12 October,
19 October,
9 November and
16 November 1897 (L’Écho de Paris; as Histoire d’un Gaulois, Histoire d’un chef gaulois and Histoire gauloise);
— 1900 (Clio).
English:
Komm of the Atrebates (Winifred Stephens, 1922).
La perquisition (1922).
This story was originally the fifth chapter of the novel Les autels de la peur, published in the newspaper Journal des Débats of 12 March 1884. It reappeared embedded in the story Le petit soldat de plomb, published in the newspaper Le Temps of 1 January 1890 and collected in L’étui de nacre in 1892. In the 1922 revised edition of L’étui de nacre, Anatole France extracted it from Le petit soldat de plomb and placed it directly before the revised version of the latter under the title La perquisition, marking its first appearance as a standalone short story.
French:
12 March 1884 (Journal des Débats);
— 1 January 1890 (Le Temps);
— 1892 (L’étui de nacre; where the story begins within Le petit soldat de plomb);
— 1923 (L’étui de nacre, revised).
CHILDREN’S BOOK
Nos enfants (1887).
French:
1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 4).
THEATRE
Les noces corinthiennes (1876).
(The Corinthian wedding.)
Poem in a prologue and three parts, in verse. Published in Paris by Alphonse Lemerre in 1876, in the poetry collection of the same title.
French:
1876 (1st edition);
— 1896 (Poésies);
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 1).
English:
The bride of Corinth (Wilfrid Jackson and Emilie Jackson, 1920).
Au petit bonheur (1898).
French:
1928 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 14).
English:
Come what may (Wilfrid Jackson and Emilie Jackson, 1920);
— One can but try (Ashley Dukes, 1925; adaptation).
Crainquebille (1903).
French:
1928 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 14).
English:
Crainquebille (Wilfrid Jackson and Emilie Jackson, 1920).
Le mannequin d’osier (1904).
French:
1928 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 14).
La comédie de celui qui épousa une femme muette (1908).
French:
1929 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 18).
English:
The comedy of a man who married a dumb wife (Wilfrid Jackson and Emilie Jackson, 1920);
— The comedy of the man who married a dumb wife (Ashley Dukes, 1925; adaptation).
POETRY COLLECTIONS
Les poèmes dorés (1873).
(The golden poems.)
Part 1: Les poèmes dorés. Part 2: Idylles et légendes.
Published in Paris by Alphonse Lemerre in February 1873 (printed on 15 January). Revised in 1920.
French:
1873 (1st edition);
— 1896 (Poésies);
— 1920 (revised);
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 1).
Les noces corinthiennes (1876).
French:
1876 (1st edition);
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 1).
Poésies (1896).
(The golden poems.)
Part 1: Les poèmes dorés. Part 2: Idylles et légendes. Part 3: Les noces corinthiennes.
French:
1896.
POEMS
Sur une signature de Marie Stuart (1868).
Un sénateur romain (1869).
La danse des morts (1869).
English:
The dance of death (Wilfrid Jackson and Emilie Jackson, 1920).
La part de Madeleine (1869).
L’adieu (1869).
English:
Good-bye and
Thy deep profound of soul... (Wilfrid Jackson and Emilie Jackson, 1920).
Le mauvais ouvrier (1870).
À la lumière (1873).
English:
Light (Wilfrid Jackson and Emilie Jackson, 1920).
Les cerfs (1873).
La mort d’une libellule (1873).
La mort du singe (1873).
Les arbres (1873).
Les sapins (1873).
Le chêne abandonné (1873).
Théra (1873).
Marine (1873).
Le désir (1873).
La vision des ruines (1873).
Les affinités (1873).
Vénus (1873).
La mort (1873).
Âmes obscures (1873).
English:
The child soul (Wilfrid Jackson and Emilie Jackson, 1920).
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Le livre de mon ami (1885).
French:
1885 (4th edition);
— 1892 (13th edition);
— 1896 (16th edition);
— 1898 (23rd edition);
— 1898 (24th edition);
— 1909;
— 1912 (113th edition);
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 3).
Pierre Nozière (1899).
French:
1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 10).
Le petit Pierre (1918).
French:
1932 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 23).
La vie en fleur (1922).
French:
1932 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 23).
OTHER NON-FICTION
La légende de Sainte Radegonde, reine de France (1859).
Booklet containing a homework by Anatole France, in a manuscript copy made by his uncle, reproduced in a very limited number of copies via autography. Published in 1859 in Paris by “France, libraire” (the author’s father, the bookseller François Noël Thibault, known as Noël France).
Alfred de Vigny (1868).
Subtitle: Étude (Study). Published in Paris by Bachelin-Deflorenne in late May 1868 (printed on 20 May and advertised before the end of the month). Revised in 1923.
French:
1868 (1st edition);
— 1925 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 1).
La vie littéraire.
• First series (1888).
French:
1926 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 6).
• Second series (1890).
French:
1926 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 6).
• Third series (1891).
French:
1926 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 7).
• Fourth series (1892).
French:
1926 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 7).
• Fifth series (1949).
French:
1949 (1st edition).
Le jardin d’Épicure (1894).
French:
1927 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 9).
Opinions sociales (1902).
Le parti noir (1904).
Vers les temps meilleurs (1906).
Vie de Jeanne d’Arc (1908).
French:
1929, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 15 and 16).
Rabelais (1909).
French:
1928 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 17).
Auguste Comte (1909).
French:
1928 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 17).
Pierre Laffitte (1909).
French:
1928 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 17).
Les poèmes du souvenir (1911).
French:
1931 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 21).
Le génie latin (1913).
French:
1931 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 21).
Sur la voie glorieuse (1915).
Pages d’histoire et de littérature (1934–1935).
French:
1934–1935, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (Œuvres complètes, vol. 24 and 25).
VOLUMES
Alfred de Vigny (literary criticism, 1868).
Les poèmes dorés (poetry, 1873).
Les noces corinthiennes (poetry, 1876).
Jocaste et Le chat maigre (2 novellas, 1878).
Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard (novel, 1881).
Les désirs de Jean Servien (novel, 1882).
Abeille (novella, 1883).
Le livre de mon ami (autobiography, 1885).
Nos enfants (children’s book, 1887).
La vie littéraire, 1st series (literary criticism, 1888).
Balthasar (6 stories and a novella, 1889).
La vie littéraire, 2nd series (literary criticism, 1890).
Thaïs (novel, 1890, dated 1891).
La vie littéraire, 3rd series (literary criticism, 1891).
La vie littéraire, 4th series (literary criticism, 1892).
L’étui de nacre (16 stories, 1892).
La rôtisserie de la Reine Pédauque (novel, 1893).
Les opinions de M. Jérôme Coignard (novel, 1893).
Le lys rouge (novel, 1894).
Le jardin d’Épicure (essays, 1894).
Le puits de sainte Claire (12 stories, 1895).
Poésies (poetry, 1896).
Discours de réception à l’Académie Française (1897).
L’orme du mail (novel, 1897).
Le mannequin d’osier (novel, 1897).
Au petit bonheur (comedy, 1898).
L’anneau d’améthyste (novel, 1899).
Pierre Nozière (autobiography, 1899).
Clio (1899, dated 1900).
Monsieur Bergeret à Paris (novel, 1901).
Opinions sociales (social criticism, 1902).
Histoire comique (novel, 1903).
Crainquebille (comedy, 1903).
Crainquebille, Putois, Riquet (24 stories, 1904).
L’Église et la République (political essay, 1904).
Sur la pierre blanche (novel, 1905).
Vers les temps meilleurs (speeches and letters, 1906).
Vie de Jeanne d’Arc (history, 1908).
L’île des pingouins (novel, 1908).
Les contes de Jacques Tournebroche (9 stories, 1908).
Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue (3 stories and a novella, 1909).
Aux étudiants (speech, 1910).
Les poèmes du souvenir (literary criticism, 1911, dated 1910).
La comédie de celui qui épousa une femme muette (comedy, 1912).
Les dieux ont soif (novel, 1912).
Le génie latin (literary criticism, 1913).
La révolte des anges (novel, 1914).
Sur la voie glorieuse (essays, 1915).
Ce que disent nos morts (essays, 1916).
Le petit Pierre (autobiography, 1919).
Les matinées de la Villa Saïd (interviews, 1921).
La vie en fleur (autobiography, 1922).
Le mannequin d’osier (comedy, 1928).
Created on 6 September 2026. Updated on 21 September 2026.
