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Colas Breugnon

By Romain Rolland

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

Experience the comical and heartwarming reflections of an aging craftsman as he navigates life's simple pleasures and inevitable changes with wit and wisdom.

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2023-03-25
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Summary

"Colas Breugnon" by Romain Rolland is a charming story about Colas Breugnon, a funny woodworker from Burgundy, as he thinks about his life, family, and what it means to be alive with lots of French energy. Rolland uses Colas's humor and thoughts to investigate ideas about life, love, and the easy pleasures of being human. The story starts by showing Colas as a happy, older man who is a little hard on himself. He looks back on his life while enjoying some quiet time. He talks about how happy he is with his family and the problems he has, mixed with funny stories that show how proud he is of his work and how close he is to his family. Colas tells stories and shares his deep thoughts, letting us see his world and experience the warmth and richness of life, mixed with the realities of getting older and how things always change.

About the Author

Romain Rolland was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "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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