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L'Écrivain

Chapter 1: L’ÉCRIVAIN
By Pierre Mille
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A conversational opening about a mother whose son wants to become a writer leads into a reflective essay that probes how bourgeois society has gradually embraced literary figures. The narrator uses anecdote and social observation to argue that secondary education supplies a cultural formation conducive to literary work, to question the notion of vocation by framing it as often the principle of least effort, and to comment on the uncertain economic prospects and social functions of literary life. The piece combines personal anecdote, cultural history, and practical advice to map the motives and constraints shaping an aspiring writer's path.

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Title: L'Écrivain

Author: Pierre Mille

Release date: November 29, 2023 [eBook #72256]

Language: French

Original publication: Paris: Hachette, 1925

Credits: Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK L'ÉCRIVAIN ***

LES CARACTÈRES DE CE TEMPS

L’ÉCRIVAIN

PAR
PIERRE MILLE

A PARIS
Chez HACHETTE

HUITIÈME MILLE

LES CARACTÈRES DE CE TEMPS

LE POLITIQUE, Par Louis Barthou, de l’Académie Française. — LE PAYSAN, Par Henry Bordeaux, de l’Académie Française. — LE DIPLOMATE, Par J. Cambon, de l’Académie Française. — LE BOURGEOIS, Par Abel Hermant. — LE PRÊTRE, Par Monseigneur Julien, Évêque d’Arras. — LE FINANCIER, Par R.-G. Lévy, Membre de l’Institut. — L’HOMME D’AFFAIRES, Par Louis Loucheur. — L’ÉCRIVAIN, Par Pierre Mille. — LE SAVANT, Par le Prof. Ch. Richet, Membre de l’Institut. — L’AVOCAT, Par Henri-Robert, de l’Académie Française, Ancien Bâtonnier. — L’OUVRIER, Par Albert Thomas, Etc.

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