ROMAIN ROLLAND'S JEAN-CHRISTOPHE
DAWN . MORNING . YOUTH . REVOLT
600 pp. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.62.
It commences with the musician's childhood, his fears, fancies, and troubles, and his almost uncanny musical sense. He plays before the Grand Duke at seven, but he is destined for greater things. An idol of the hour, in some ways suggesting Richard Strauss, tries in vain to wreck his faith in his career. Early love episodes follow, and after a dramatic climax, the hero, like Wagner, has to fly, a hopeful exile.
"As big, as elemental, as original as though the art of fiction began today."—Springfield Republican.
"The most momentous novel that has come to us from France, or from any other European country, in a decade.... Highly commendable and effective translation ... the story moves at a rapid pace. It never lags."—Boston Transcript.
"He embraces with a loving understanding the seven ages of man.... It not only contains a picture of contemporary musical life, but holds a message bearing on our conception of life and art. It presents genius for once without the morbid features that obscure its essence."—New York Times Review.
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