Atala
Atala, ou Les Amours de deux sauvages dans le désert is an early novella by French author François-René de Chateaubriand, first published on 12 germinal IX.
The story is told from the point of view of the 73-year-old hero, Chactas, whose story is preserved by an oral tradition among the Seminoles. The work, at least partially inspired by his travels in North America, reflects the eighteenth-century French Romanticism and exoticism of its time, and went through five editions in its first year. It was adapted frequently for stage, and translated into many languages.
Getting around Atala the local way
- Go nextIt makes an interesting day trip by train, bus or car.
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