Romain Rolland’s Followers (452)

Romain Rolland

Born

in Clamecy, Nièvre, France

January 29, 1866

Died

December 30, 1944

Website

Genre

Classics, Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

Goethe, Leo Tolstoy

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Varied works of French writer Romain Rolland include Jean Christophe (1904-1912), a series of satirical novels; he won the Nobel Prize of 1915 for literature.

The committee awarded him "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings."

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Romain Rolland’s books

Average rating: 3.79 · 19,171 ratings · 1,554 reviews · 1,190 distinct works ‧ Similar authors

	Pierre and Luce by Romain Rolland, Charles De Kay (Translator), Andrew Moore (Editor) 3.58 avg rating — 9,341 ratings — published 1920 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(جان شیفته (دورۀ ۴ جلدی by Romain Rolland, م.ا. به‌آذین (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 1,640 ratings — published 1921 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(ژان کریستف (دورۀ چهار جلدی by Romain Rolland, م.ا. به‌آذین (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 1,009 ratings — published 1912	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jean-Christophe, Vol. 1 4.17 avg rating — 932 ratings — published 1905 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colas Breugnon 3.79 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 1919	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	زندگانی بتهوون by Romain Rolland, محمود تفضلی (Translator), Johannes Semper (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 1903 — 147 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mahatma Gandhi 1924 3.46 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 1924 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jean Christophe Journey's End by Romain Rolland, Gilbert Cannan (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 1912 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	جانِ شیفته \| جلدِ یکُم از دورۀ چهارجلدی: آنِت و سیلوی؛ تابستان by Romain Rolland, م.ا. به‌آذین (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 1922 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	زندگی میکل آنژ 3.85 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1907 — 174 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jean-Christophe (10 books)
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L'âme enchantée (6 books)
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Romain Rolland,

م.ا. به‌آذین (Translator)

4.06 avg rating — 328 ratings

Quotes by Romain Rolland (?)

“Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.”
― Romain Rolland, Jean-Christophe, Vol. 1

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“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”
― Romain Rolland

tags: education, inspirational, light, teaching

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“Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.”
― Romain Rolland, Above The Battle

tags: dialogue, discussion, prejudice, truth

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