But instead of this peace which I dared to expect, what ang… - François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

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But instead of this peace which I dared to expect, what anguish has weighed down my days! To become the perpetual plaything of fortune, dashed against every strand, long exiled from my country, and finding on my return only a cabin in ruins and friends the grave — such was to be the fate of Chactas.

François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

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François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician and diplomat, considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.

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Native Name: François Auguste René de Chateaubriand

Alternative Names: François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand • François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand • François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand • vicomte de Chateaubriand François-René • F. A. von Chateaubriand • François René de Châteaubriand • François-René de Châteaubriand

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