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The mother was jealous of her, and I dare say she thought she could make money out of her beauty and make a mademoiselle of the girl. "Atala remembered us, and advised her gentleman to settle near us; and as the good man sees how decent we are, he allows her to come here. But get them married, madame, and you will do an action worthy of you.
The mother was jealous of her, and I dare say she thought she could make money out of her beauty and make a mademoiselle of the girl. "Atala remembered us, and advised her gentleman to settle near us; and as the good man sees how decent we are, he allows her to come here. But get them married, madame, and you will do an action worthy of you.
I have often thought that had the execution of Atala equalled its design, no human work could have surpassed it in its grandeur. It is dangerous for women, however wise it be for men, "to commune with their own hearts, and to be still!"
"The young warrior leaped up, full of joy at being relieved by the daughter of his chief, and when he had gone, Atala released me. "'Now, Chactas, she murmured, turning her face away from me, 'you can escape. "'I do not want to escape, I cried, 'unless I can escape with you! "'But they will burn you, she said. 'They will burn you to-morrow!
They were rooms with lower ceilings; above them was a second story occupied in other times by Febrer's grandfather; relatively modern rooms, with old furniture in the style of the Empire, and on the walls illuminated prints of the romantic period, representing the misfortunes of Atala, the love affairs of Matilde, and the achievements of Hernán Cortéz.
Bonaparte, at that time paid so little attention to what was doing in the literary world that he was not aware of Chateaubriand being the author of 'Atala'. It was on the recommendation of M. de Fontanel that Madame Bacciocchi tried this experiment, which was attended by complete success. The First Consul read 'Atala', and was much pleased with it.
'I have not betrayed the faith of my forefathers. "'Oh, you are only a wicked heathen, she exclaimed, covering her face with her hands and weeping. 'I have been baptised by my mother. I am Atala, daughter of Simaghan of the golden bracelets, and the chief of this band. We are going to Cuscowilla, where you will be burnt. "And with a look of anger, Atala rose up and went away."
Ever since the days of Cartier the French had known that savages inhabited the banks of the St Lawrence, but Champlain is the pioneer in that great body of literature on the North American Indian, which thenceforth continued without interruption in France to the Rene and Atala of Chateaubriand. Above all other subjects, the Indians are Champlain's chief theme.
We know, in fact, to-day, that if all such details are made clear in the biography of a great writer, in no way do they explain his work. The author of Gil Blas, Alain René Lesage, was a Breton, like the author of Atala; the Corneille brothers had almost nothing in common.
But the wild loneliness, the continual presence of my beloved, yes, even the hardships of our wandering life, increased the force of my longing. A hundred times I was ready to fold Atala to my breast. A hundred times I proposed to build her a hut in the wide, uninhabited wilderness, and live my life out there by her side.
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