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Le premier volume de la Correspondance générale de Benjamin Constant couvre la période qui va de 1774 à 1792 et contient les lettres que l'enfant adresse, dès son plus jeune âge, aux membres de sa famille, celles de l'étudiant que son père a envoyé suivre des études aux universités d'Erlangen et d'Edimbourg, celles du jeune homme qui est en fugue vers l'Angleterre et l'Ecosse et correspond avec Mme de Charrière, celles enfin du chambellan qui s'ennuie à la cour de Brunswick, où il va notamment faire l'expériance d'un mariage malheureux. Le volume a été préparé par les soins du Directeur de la Correpondance générale, Cecil P. Courtney, de l'Université de Cambridge, assisté de Dennis Wood, de l'Université de Birmingham.
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The first volume of the Correspondance générale de Benjamin Constant covers the period from 1774 to 1792 and contains the letters written by the child, from a very young age, to members of his family, those of the student who had been sent by his father to the Universities of Erlangen and Edinburgh, those of the young man in flight towards England and Scotland and, finally, those of the bored chamberlain at the court of Brunswick.
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This critical edition presents the work of Benjamin Constant, author, religious historian and political thinker, in all its uniqueness and diversity. It includes the author's voluminous correspondence. The Collected Works comprise two series, the first containing his works, the second his correspondence. Both series are arranged chronologically. Each volume includes chronological surveys, surveys, a bibliography and an index.
