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Jean-Christophe - I
(Jean-Christophe #1)
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One word only! No more talk of money. I hate money--the word and the thing itself. If I am not rich, I am yet rich enough to give to my friend, and it is my joy to give all I can for him. Would not you do the same? And if I needed it, would you not be the first to give me all your fortune? But that shall never be! I have sound fists and a sound head, and I shall always be
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Paperback, 556 pages
Published
June 17th 2004
by Kessinger Publishing
(first published 1905)
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Jean-Christophe: Four-Volumes (Vol. #1), Romain Rolland
L'Aube ("Dawn", 1904), and Le Matin ("Morning", 1904), L'Adolescent ("Youth", 1904).
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1976 میلادی
عنوان: ژان کریستف: جلد یک از چهار؛ نویسنده: رومن رولان؛ مترجم: م.الف به آذین (محمود اعتمادزاده)؛ تهران، نیل، 1348؛ در 408ص؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان فرانسوی - سده 20م
ژان کریستف جلد نخست: سپیده دم، بامداد مرگ ژان میشل، نوجوان خانه ی اولر، اثر رومن رولان چاپ سوم انتشارات نیل
همچون زمانی که مه نمناک و انبوه، رو به رقت مینهد و پ ...more
L'Aube ("Dawn", 1904), and Le Matin ("Morning", 1904), L'Adolescent ("Youth", 1904).
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1976 میلادی
عنوان: ژان کریستف: جلد یک از چهار؛ نویسنده: رومن رولان؛ مترجم: م.الف به آذین (محمود اعتمادزاده)؛ تهران، نیل، 1348؛ در 408ص؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان فرانسوی - سده 20م
ژان کریستف جلد نخست: سپیده دم، بامداد مرگ ژان میشل، نوجوان خانه ی اولر، اثر رومن رولان چاپ سوم انتشارات نیل
همچون زمانی که مه نمناک و انبوه، رو به رقت مینهد و پ ...more

I came to these books via Stefan Zweig's "World of Yesterday"; in that autobigraphy Zweig is clearly in awe of Rolland and his work, in particular "Jean Christophe" and Zweig is proud to be a friend to Rolland. Printed versions of "Jean Christophe" are fairly hard to track down now, although there's an electronic version on Gutenberg. I managed to find a set of the Jupiter paperbacks from 1966 with the 10 novels in 4 volumes. The novel(s) is essentially a bildungsroman from Jean Christophe's bir
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I read Jean Christophe many, many years ago, lying on the morning sand of Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro...
It was summer, and while basking in the tropical sun - once in a while taking a delicious swim in the cool ocean - I was aware of the privilege of reading such a gorgeous story.
Somehow, Romain Rolland knew the extraordinary wealth of a musician's mind. The story is very moving, and can inspire all those who love music and its chosen. ...more
It was summer, and while basking in the tropical sun - once in a while taking a delicious swim in the cool ocean - I was aware of the privilege of reading such a gorgeous story.
Somehow, Romain Rolland knew the extraordinary wealth of a musician's mind. The story is very moving, and can inspire all those who love music and its chosen. ...more

ان کس که دوست دارد مورد محبت نیست، ان کس که مورد محبت است خود دوست ندارد. ان کس که دوست دارد و مورد محبت است یک روز دیر یا زود از عشق خود جدا می شود. ادمی رنج می برد. دیگری را می رنجاند. و از این دو تن بدبخت تر همیشه ان کس نیست که رنج می برد./
عشق در سینه ی ان کسی است که دوست دارد، نه ان کسی که دوستش دارند./
عشق در سینه ی ان کسی است که دوست دارد، نه ان کسی که دوستش دارند./

Por fin en Noviembre del 2013(Noviembre 2013) llegué a una novela que había estado buscando con ahínco por varios años en varias partes del mundo (no es una metáfora!) ya que en México es sumamente difícil conseguirla, es más, en las librerías no se vende hay que recurrir al "mercado secundario". Novela muy apreciada por artistas e intelectuales del pasado y todavía por algunos amantes de las ideas pacifistas y humanitarias promovidas por el ganador del Nobel en 1915 Romain Rolland, llamado en s
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"İnsanın gücü o kadar azdır ki, daha ilk yokuşta soluk soluğa kalır, çok az kimsenin yola devam edecek kadar soluğu vardır."
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I read that "Jean-Christophe" was among the favorite books of young Zionists in Poland during the 1920s, so I will probably have the Polish characters in my new novel read the book and discuss it. There is much about awakening love and the creation of music that is beautifully written and could lead to fascinating experiences and interactions for my young characters.
Rolland won a Noble Prize for Jean-Christophe in 1915. By a strange coincidence, our apartment in Collioure, France was located on ...more
Rolland won a Noble Prize for Jean-Christophe in 1915. By a strange coincidence, our apartment in Collioure, France was located on ...more

I. L'aube.
The original French text is available at La Bibliothèque électronique du Québec.
II. Le matin.
The original French text is available at La Bibliothèque électronique du Québec.
III. L'adolescent.
The original French text is available at La Bibliothèque électronique du Québec. ...more
The original French text is available at La Bibliothèque électronique du Québec.
II. Le matin.
The original French text is available at La Bibliothèque électronique du Québec.
III. L'adolescent.
The original French text is available at La Bibliothèque électronique du Québec. ...more

There are several volumes to this book (well, 3 in English and like a dozen in French), a vast belle-epoque account of the creative life that serves as an opportunity for Rolland, a critic and aesthete, to rumble on about culture in general. But it's a fascinating look, a really thorough one, at the world of Parisian culture at a time when it was the center of the world.
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There was an L'ame enchantee who became Jean-Christophe and stayed with us for rest of our lives.
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I have read this book and line by line sentence by sentence I really fall in love with that. As a Persian, I can say this book has a special place among Iranian. We have the culture based on love and passion as Rumi, Hafif Shirazi, Saadi, Shamlou and so many others still are coming. I should thank Romain Rolland because I think he wrote this book for us.

Շատ վաղուց կարդացած գիրք,բայց հիշողությանս մեջ մնացած որպես մի հիանալի գիրք երաժիշտ- դաշնակահարի կյանքի պատմության մասին, հեղինակը` Ռոմեն Ռոլանը, Նոբելյան մրցանակակիր է:Երաժշտության պատմության պրոֆեսոր էր,դաշնակահար ու գլխավոր հերոսի` Ժան - Քրիստոֆի պրոտոտիպը հենց ինքն է ու Բեթհովենը
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En 1914, debido a la Primera Guerra Mundial, el Premio Nobel de Literatura no fue entregado por primera vez en su historia. En 1915, luego de un año de parón, se le otorgó el reconocimiento literario a Romain Rolland, quien se convirtió en el tercer autor francés en recibirlo. Según la Academia Sueca, el premio se puso en manos de Rolland “a manera de tributo al idealismo elevado de su producción literaria y a la simpatía y amor de la verdad con la cual ha descrito distintos tipos de seres human
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I so badly wanted to love this book, which was a blockbuster in its day and became impossible to find in French until Amazon issued a Kindle version a few years ago. What could be more dramatic and more musically interesting than a fictionalized Beethoven at the turn of the 20th century?
Sorry to say, I was disappointed. The book starts out wonderfully: the kind grandfather, the tender mother, the abusive father, the discovery of genius. But after Christophe has grown up, when you expect his deve ...more
Sorry to say, I was disappointed. The book starts out wonderfully: the kind grandfather, the tender mother, the abusive father, the discovery of genius. But after Christophe has grown up, when you expect his deve ...more

خوب یادم هست که با چه ولعی می خوندمش ( حسی که امروز کمتر پیش
می آد ! )
با ژان کریستف در واقع زندگی کردم با جلد اولش خودمو توی دوران کودکی ژان تصور می کردم و به شوق می اومدم با جلد دومش لحظات عاشقانه دوران نوجوانی به یادم می اومد و جلد سومش منو توی غم عجیبی برد اون جا که ژان با سابین آشنا میشه ودر نهایت سابین میمیره
جلد چهارمش پر از موسیقیه جلد پنجمش دوران اوج ژان رو به تصویر می کشه جلد ششم آنتوانت رو یادم میاره با اون زندگی غم بارش جلد هفتم و هشتمش رو متاسفانه خاطرم نیست جلد نهم که عاشق میشه وجلد ...more
می آد ! )
با ژان کریستف در واقع زندگی کردم با جلد اولش خودمو توی دوران کودکی ژان تصور می کردم و به شوق می اومدم با جلد دومش لحظات عاشقانه دوران نوجوانی به یادم می اومد و جلد سومش منو توی غم عجیبی برد اون جا که ژان با سابین آشنا میشه ودر نهایت سابین میمیره
جلد چهارمش پر از موسیقیه جلد پنجمش دوران اوج ژان رو به تصویر می کشه جلد ششم آنتوانت رو یادم میاره با اون زندگی غم بارش جلد هفتم و هشتمش رو متاسفانه خاطرم نیست جلد نهم که عاشق میشه وجلد ...more

I am not sure why I have never heard of this book or author before.
I downloaded on Kindle just out or curiosity (it's free!) but once i started reading I just couldn't stop. This author breaks so many 'rules' of writing, he tells the story, he is barely showing it and yet It works.
The book was published in 1911 and yet the main character is someone i could identify with in so many ways, first love, first encounter with injustice, the feelings of being a child. This is Vol 1 of quite a large op ...more
I downloaded on Kindle just out or curiosity (it's free!) but once i started reading I just couldn't stop. This author breaks so many 'rules' of writing, he tells the story, he is barely showing it and yet It works.
The book was published in 1911 and yet the main character is someone i could identify with in so many ways, first love, first encounter with injustice, the feelings of being a child. This is Vol 1 of quite a large op ...more
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings."
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