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Romain Rolland Bibliography

Year

Work

Notes

1888

Amour d’enfants

1891

Les Baglioni

Unpublished during his lifetime.

1891

Empédocle
(Empedocles)

Unpublished during his lifetime.

1891

Orsino

Unpublished during his lifetime.

1892

Le Dernier Procès de Louis Berquin
(The Last Trial of Louis Berquin)

1895

Les Origines du théâtre lyrique moderne
(The origins of modern lyric theatre)

Academic treatise, which won a prize from the Académie Française

1895

Histoire de l’opéra avant Lully et Scarlatti
(A History of Opera in Europe before Lully and Scarlatti)

Dissertation for his doctorate in Letters

1895

Cur ars picturae apud Italos XVI saeculi deciderit

Latin-language thesis on the decline in Italian oil painting in the course of the sixteenth century

1897

Saint-Louis

1897

Aërt

Historical/philosophical drama

1898

Les Loups
(The Wolves)

Historical/philosophical drama

1899

Le Triomphe de la raison
(The Triumph of Reason)

Historical/philosophical drama

1899

Georges Danton

Historical/philosophical drama

1900

Le Poison idéaliste

1901

Les Fêtes de Beethoven à Mayence

1902

Le Quatorze Juillet
(July 14–Bastille Day)

Historical/philosophical drama

1902

François-Millet

1903

Vie de Beethoven
(Life of Beethoven)

Biography

1903

Le temps viendra

1903

Le Théâtre du peuple
(People’s Theater)

Seminal essay in the democratization of theatre.

1904

La Montespan

Historical/philosophical drama

1904 – 1912

Jean-Christophe

Cycle of ten volumes divided into three series–Jean-Christophe, Jean-Christophe à Paris, and la Fin du voyage, published by Cahiers de la Quinzaine

1904

L’Aube

First volume of the series Jean-Christophe

1904

Le Matin
(Morning)

Second volume of the series Jean-Christophe

1904

L’Adolescent
(The Adolescent)

Third volume of the series Jean-Christophe

1905

La Révolte
(The Revolt)

Fourth volume of the series Jean-Christophe

1907

Vie de Michel-Ange
(Life of Michelangelo)

Biography

1908

Musiciens d’aujourd’hui
(Contemporary Musicians)

Collection of articles and essays about music

1908

Musiciens d’autrefois
(Musicians of the Past)

Collection of articles and essays about music

1908

La Foire sur la place

First volume of the series Jean-Christophe à Paris

1908

Antoinette

Second volume of the series Jean-Christophe à Paris

1908

Dans la maison
(At Home)

Third volume of the series Jean-Christophe à Paris

1910

Haendel

1910

Les Amies
(Friends)

First volume of the series la Fin du voyage

1911

La Vie de Tolstoï
(Life of Tolstoy)

Biography

1911

Le Buisson ardent

Second volume of the series la Fin du voyage

1912

La Nouvelle Journée

Third volume of the series la Fin du voyage

1912

L’Humble Vie héroïque
(The Humble Life of the Hero)

1915

Au-dessus de la mêlée
(Above the Battle)

Pacifist manifesto

1915

Received the Nobel Prize in Literature

1917

Salut à la révolution russe
(Salute to the Russian Revolution)

1918

Pour l’internationale de l’Esprit
(For the International of the Spirit)

1918

L’Âge de la haine
(The Age of Hatred)

1919

Colas Breugnon

Burgundian story

1919

Les Précurseurs
(The Precursors)

1920

Founded the review Europe

1920

Clérambault

1920

Pierre et Luce

1921

Pages choisies
(Selected Pages)

1921

La Révolte des machines
(The Revolt of the Machines)

1922-1933

L’Âme enchantée
(The Enchanted Soul)

Seven volumes

1922

Annette et Sylvie

First volume of l’Âme enchantée

1922

Les Vaincus

1924

L’Été
(Summer)

Second volume of l’Âme enchantée

1924

Mahatma Gandhi

1925

Le Jeu de l’amour et de la mort
(The Game of Love and Death)

1926

Pâques fleuries

1927

Mère et fils
(Mother and Child)

Third volume of l’Âme enchantée

1928

Léonides

1928

De l’Héroïque à l’Appassionata
(From the Heroic to the Passionate)

1929

Essai sur la mystique de l’action
(A study of the Mystique of Action)

1929

L’Inde vivante
(Living India)

Essays

1929

Vie de Ramakrishna
(Life of Ramakrishna)

Essays

1930

Vie de Vivekananda
(Life of Vivekananda)

Essays

1930

L’Évangile universel

Essays

1930

Goethe et Beethoven

Essay

1933

L’Annonciatrice

1935

Quinze Ans de combat

1936

Compagnons de route

1937

Le Chant de la Résurrection
(Song of the Resurrection)

1938

Les Pages immortelles de Rousseau
(The Immortal Pages of Rousseau)

1939

Robespierre

Historical/philosophical drama

1942

Le Voyage intérieur
(The Interior Voyage)

1943

La Cathédrale interrompue
(The Interrupted Cathedral)

Volumes I and II

1945

Péguy

Posthumous publication

1945

La Cathédrale interrompue

Volume III, posthumous