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André Chamson

1900 - 1983

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André Chamson (6 June 1900 – 9 November 1983) was a French archivist, novelist and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Chamson has received more than 36,611 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. André Chamson is the 5,862nd most popular writer (down from 5,488th in 2019), the 4,946th most popular biography from France (down from 4,595th in 2019) and the 628th most popular French Writer.

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  • 3.21

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Notable Works

The black arrow
Knights and knighthood, War stories, Adventure stories
Richard Shelton is a young knight during the Wars of the Roses. We see him ascend and rescue his lady love. He then seeks revenge against his father's murderer, but when the evidence points towards his guardian he is forced to go into hiding. He joins the band of outlaws known as the Black Arrow.
1888
A child's garden of verses
Children's poetry, Scottish, Scottish poetry, Children's poetry, English
Rediscover the delight and innocence of childhood in these classic poems from celebrated author, Robert Louis Stevenson. From make-believe to climbing trees, bedtime stories to morning play and favourite cousins to beloved mothers. Here is a very special collection to be treasured forever.
1885
New Arabian Nights
Classic Literature, Fiction, Nouvelles anglaises
During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was a remarkable man even by what was known of him; and that was but a small part of what he actually did. Although of a placid temper in ordinary circumstances, and accustomed to take the world with as much philosophy as any ploughman, the Prince of Bohemia was not without a taste for ways of life more adventurous and eccentric than that to which he was destined by his birth.
1882
Treasure Island
Fiction, Treasure Island (Imaginary place), Treasure-trove
Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as seen in Long John Silver — unusual for children's literature then and now. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen carrying parrots on their shoulders
1880
David Balfour
Adventure and adventurers, Fiction, History
From the book:It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company’s office, must expect his late re-appearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explo-rations, I am not without hope. There should be left in our native city some seed of the elect; some long-egged, hot-headed youth must repeat to-day our dreams and wanderings of so many years ago; he will relish the pleasure, which should have been ours, to follow among named streets and numbered houses the country walks of David Balfour, to identify Dean, and Silvermills, and Broughton, and Hope Park, and Pilrig, and poor old Lochend - if it still be standing, and the Figgate Whins - if there be any of them left; or to push (on a long holiday) so far afield as Gillane or the Bass. So, perhaps, his eye shall be opened to behold the series of the generations, and he shall weigh with surprise his momentous and nugatory gift of life. You are still - as when first I saw, as when I last addressed you - in the venerable city which I must always think of as my home. And I have come so far; and the sights and thoughts of my youth pursue me; and I see like a vision the youth of my father, and of his father, and the whole stream of lives flowing down there far in the north, with the sound of laughter and tears, to cast me out in the end, as by a sudden freshet, on these ultimate islands. And I admire and bow my head before the romance of destiny.
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An Inland voyage
Description and travel, Travel, Scots
Robert Louis Stevenson's 1878 travelogue, An Inland Voyage, details his canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. Pioneering new ground in outdoor literature, this was Stevenson's first book. He had decided to become free from his parent's financial support so that he might freely pursue the woman he loved; to support himself he wrote travelogues, most notably An Inland Voyage, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes and The Silverado Squatters. Stevenson undertook the journey with his friend, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, at a time when such outdoor travel for leisure was considered unusual and it resulted in this romantic and original work that still inspires travelers today.
1878

Among WRITERS

Among writers, André Chamson ranks 5,862 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Mackay, Eldridge Cleaver, José Amador de los Ríos, Tony Hillerman, Malcolm Bradbury, and Joan D. Vinge. After him are Laura Restrepo, Gurdial Singh, Jean-Jacques Schuhl, José Burgos, Archibald MacLeish, and Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, André Chamson ranks 280. Before him are Horatio Fitch, Arthur Norris, Lajos Keresztes, Heinrich Hax, Ernst Ising, and Mark Sandrich. After him are Alfredo Dinale, Eino Purje, William Haines, Manuel Plaza, Aristidis Akratopoulos, and Jack Cameron. Among people deceased in 1983, André Chamson ranks 235. Before him are Walter Slezak, Miron Białoszewski, Slim Pickens, Joseph Ruttenberg, Kalevi Kotkas, and Gerry Hitchens. After him are Amadeo Ortega, Hal Brown, Joan Hackett, Friedrich Scherfke, Momčilo Đokić, and Bo Ekelund.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Chamson ranks 4,946 out of 6,770. Before him are Patrick Fiori (1969), Lilyan Chauvin (1925), Jean-Baptiste Mimiague (1871), Jean-Louis Borloo (1951), Younès Belhanda (1990), and Sylvie Testud (1971). After him are Dieudonné M'bala M'bala (1966), Pascale Ogier (1958), Jean-Jacques Schuhl (1941), Sofiane Feghouli (1989), James Goldsmith (1933), and Fernand Jourdant (1903).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, André Chamson ranks 628. Before him are Florian Zeller (1979), Robert Sabatier (1923), Marie NDiaye (1967), Antoine Blondin (1922), Édouard Pailleron (1834), and Léon Frapié (1863). After him are Jean-Jacques Schuhl (1941), Patrick Rambaud (1946), Lydie Salvayre (1948), Samuel Benchetrit (1973), René Boylesve (1867), and Philippe Delerm (1950).

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