Description
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.
This third volume of Correspondance générale contains 279 letters written by or addressed to Benjamin Constant from the period preceding the beginning of his career as journalist and publicist in Paris in May-June 1795 until his nomination to the Tribunat in December 1799. This volume is a valuable document on the intellectual and political life of the time; it also allows the reader to learn about Constant's relations to his family and friends.
