Maurice BARRÈS
Auguste-Maurice Barrès.
Born on 19 August 1862 in Charmes, Vosges, France.
Died on 4 December 1923 in Neuilly, Seine, France.
Wikipedia: English,
French.
Categories: Novels,
Short Stories,
Theatre,
Travel Memoirs,
Other Non‑Fiction.
AI. Source: photograph by Charles Gerschel from January 1907.
NOVELS
Sous l’œil des barbares (1888).
(Under the eyes of the barbarians.)
First book of the trilogy Le culte du moi (The cult of the self). Published in Paris by Alphonse Lemerre in January 1888.
French:
1888 (Lemerre; 1st edition);
— 1895 (Charpentier and Fasquelle; new edition);
— 1911 (Émile-Paul; new edition);
— 1922 (Plon; definitive edition).
Un homme libre (1889).
(A free man.)
Second book of the trilogy Le culte du moi (The cult of the self). Published in Paris by Didier Perrin in April 1889.
French:
1889 (Perrin; 1st edition);
— 1889 (Perrin; 2nd edition);
— 1889 (Perrin; 3rd edition);
— 1894 (Charpentier and Fasquelle; new edition);
— 1905 (Fontemoing; revised);
— 1912 (Émile-Paul; new edition);
— 1922 (Plon; definitive edition).
Le jardin de Bérénice (1891).
(The garden of Bérénice.)
Third book of the trilogy Le culte du moi (The cult of the self). Published in Paris by Didier Perrin on 15 February 1891.
French:
1891 (Perrin; 1st edition);
— 1891 (Perrin; 3rd edition);
— 1894 (Charpentier and Fasquelle; 7th thousand);
— 1907 (Fayard; illustrated by Antoine Calbet);
— 1910 (Émile-Paul; new edition);
— 1921 (Plon; definitive edition);
— 1922 (Cent bibliophiles; illustrated by Malo-Renault).
L’ennemi des lois (1892).
(The enemy of the laws.)
Serialised in the newspaper L’Écho de Paris from 24 September to 20 October 1892. Published in book form in Paris by Didier Perrin in November 1892, dated 1893.
French:
24 September 1892 (L’Écho de Paris; first instalment);
— 1893 (Perrin; 1st edition);
— 1898 (Fasquelle; new edition);
— 1910 (Émile-Paul; new edition);
— 1927 (Plon; definitive edition).
Les déracinés (1897).
(The uprooted.)
First book of the trilogy Le roman de l’énergie nationale (The novel of national energy). Serialised in the magazine La Revue de Paris from 15 May to 15 August 1897. Published in book form in Paris by Eugène Fasquelle in the same year.
French:
15 May,
1 June,
15 June,
1 July,
15 July,
1 August and
15 August 1897 (La Revue de Paris);
— 1897 (Fasquelle; 1st edition);
— 1897 (Fasquelle; 4th thousand);
— 1898 (Fasquelle; 7th thousand);
— 1898 (Fasquelle; 10th thousand);
— 1901 (Fasquelle; 14th thousand);
— 1911 (Émile-Paul; 18th thousand);
— 1919 (Nelson);
— 1922.
L’appel au soldat (1900).
(The call to the soldier.)
Second book of the trilogy Le roman de l’énergie nationale (The novel of national energy). Published in Paris by Eugène Fasquelle in 1900.
French:
1900 (Fasquelle; 1st edition);
— 1902 (Juven; 7th thousand);
— 1920 (Nelson).
Leurs figures (1902).
(Their figures.)
Third book of the trilogy Le roman de l’énergie nationale (The novel of national energy). Published in Paris by Félix Juven in 1902. An edition by Eugène Fasquelle was also printed in the same year, to complete a matching set of the trilogy.
French:
1902 (Juven; 1st edition);
— 1920 (Nelson).
Au service de l’Allemagne (1905).
(In the service of Germany.)
First book of the trilogy Les bastions de l’est (The eastern bastions). Published in Paris by Arthème Fayard in April 1905, with illustrations by Georges Conrad.
French:
1905 (Fayard; 1st edition);
— 1906 (Juven; 5th edition);
— 1916 (Émile-Paul; new edition);
— 1923 (Plon; augmented edition).
Colette Baudoche (1908).
Subtitle: Histoire d’une jeune fille de Metz (The story of a young girl of Metz). Second book of the trilogy Les bastions de l’est (The eastern bastions); the third book is the collection of lectures Le génie du Rhin (1920–1921). Serialised in the magazine La Revue hebdomadaire from 7 November to 12 December 1908. Published in book form in Paris by Félix Juven in late December 1908, dated 1909.
French:
7 November,
14 November,
21 November,
28 November,
5 December and
12 December 1908 (La Revue hebdomadaire);
— 1909 (Juven; dated 11 February 1909);
— 1909 (Juven; dated 18 February 1909);
— 1913 (Émile-Paul);
— 1919 (Nelson);
— 1919 (Holt; with notes in English).
English:
Colette Baudoche: The story of a young girl of Metz (Frances Wilson Ward, 1918).
La colline inspirée (1913).
(The sacred hill.)
Published in Paris by Émile-Paul in 1913.
French:
1913 (Émile-Paul; 1st edition, printed in December 1912);
— 1913 (Émile-Paul; printed in March 1913).
English:
The sacred hill (Malcolm Cowley, 1929).
Un jardin sur l’Oronte (1922).
(A garden on the Orontes.)
Published in Paris by Plon in 1922.
French:
1922 (Plon; 1st edition, printed on 17 May 1922);
— 1922 (Plon; printed in September 1922);
— 1948 (Plon).
SHORT STORIES
Le chemin de l’Institut (1882).
(The path to the Institute.)
Published in the magazine La Jeune France of June 1882.
French:
June 1882 (La Jeune France);
— 10 October 1896 (La Lecture);
— 27 January 1906 (Le Figaro; with a letter by Maurice Barrès).
Nouvelle pour les rêveurs (1884).
(Novella for dreamers.)
Published in the author’s magazine Les taches d’encre of November 1884.
French:
November 1884.
Deux misérables (1884).
(Two wretches.)
Published in the author’s magazine Les taches d’encre of December 1884.
French:
December 1884.
THEATRE
Une journée parlementaire (1894).
First performed in Paris at the Théâtre-Libre on 23 February 1894. Published in Le Figaro of 24 February 1894. Published in book form in Paris by Charpentier and Fasquelle in 1894.
French:
24 February 1894 (Le Figaro);
— 1894 (Charpentier and Fasquelle; 1st edition).
TRAVEL MEMOIRS
Du sang, de la volupté et de la mort (1894).
Published in Paris by Charpentier and Fasquelle on 12 October 1894.
French:
1894 (Charpentier and Fasquelle; 1st edition);
— 1895 (Charpentier and Fasquelle; 5th thousand);
— 1910 (Fayard; illustrated by Jules Fontanez);
— 1929 (Plon);
— 1934 (Plon).
Un amateur d’âmes (1897).
Revised and expanded version of a text previously appeared in Du sang, de la volupté et de la mort in 1894. Published in the magazine L’image from March to August 1897, with illustrations by Louis Dunki. Published in book form in Paris by Eugène Fasquelle in 1899.
French:
March,
April,
May,
June and
July–August 1897 (L’image);
— 1899 (Fasquelle).
Amori et dolori sacrum: La mort de Venise (1903).
Le voyage de Sparte (1906).
En Italie (1911).
Chapters already appeared in Du sang, de la volupté et de la mort in 1894. Published in Paris by Auguste Blaizot in 1911, with illustrations by Auguste-Henri Thomas.
French:
1911 (Blaizot).
Greco, ou Le secret de Tolède (1911).
Une enquête aux pays du Levant (1923).
OTHER NON-FICTION
Anatole France (1883).
Published in the magazine La Jeune France of February 1883.
French:
February 1883 (La Jeune France).
Maurice Rollinat (1883).
Published in the magazine La Jeune France of March 1883.
French:
March 1883 (La Jeune France).
Théodore de Banville prosateur (1883).
Published in the magazine La Jeune France of June 1883.
French:
June 1883 (La Jeune France).
Les taches d’encre (1884–1885).
(The ink stains.)
Magazine entirely written by Maurice Barrès. Four issues.
French:
November and
December 1884,
January and
February 1885.
Le Quartier latin (1888).
(The Latin Quarter.)
Huit jours chez M. Renan (1888).
(Eight days with Mr. Renan.)
French:
1888 (1st edition);
— 1890 (2nd edition).
Trois stations de psychothérapie (1891).
Examen de trois idéologies (1892).
(Examination of three ideologies.)
Explanations about the trilogy Le culte du moi (The cult of the self). Published as a separate volume in Paris by Didier Perrin in January 1892. Added as an introduction to the first volume in the same year, as Examen des trois romans idéologiques (Examination of the three ideological novels).
French:
1892 (Perrin; 1st edition).
Toute licence, sauf contre l’amour (1892).
Published in Paris by Didier Perrin in March 1892.
La terre et les morts (1899).
Scènes et doctrines du nationalisme (1902).
Les amitiés françaises (1903).
Ce que j’ai vu à Rennes (1904).
Ce que j’ai vu au temps du Panama (1906).
Le jubilé de Jeanne d’Arc (1912).
La grande pitié des églises de France (1914).
Une visite à l’armée anglaise (1915).
Les diverses familles spirituelles de la France (1917).
Les traits éternels de la France (1917).
L’âme française et la guerre (1915–1920).
Le génie du Rhin (1920–1921).
(The genius of the Rhine.)
Five lectures. Third book of the trilogy Les bastions de l’est (The eastern bastions); the first two are the novels Au service de l’Allemagne (1905) and Colette Baudoche (1908). Serialised in the magazine Revue des deux mondes from 15 December 1920 to 15 February 1921. Published in book form in Paris by Plon in 1921.
French:
15 December 1920,
1 January,
15 January,
1 February and
15 February 1921 (Revue des deux mondes);
— 1921 (Plon; 1st edition).
Souvenirs d’un officier de la Grande Armée (1923).
Chronique de la Grande Guerre (1920–1924).
Pour la haute intelligence française (1925).
Le mystère en pleine lumière (1926).
Mes cahiers (1929–1957).
La république ou le roi (1965).
Created on 2 September 2026. Updated on 5 September 2026.
