Atala (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from AtalaThe present work, atala, is the gathered fruit of his previous studies amid the wilds of America. It abounds in sparkling description, romantic incident and sentiments tender and heroic. It is pervaded by purity of tone and elevation of thought, qualities the more com mendable and marked because produced in an age proverbially lax and frivolous.The illustrations of M. Doré have given an additional value to this tale, so simple, SO unsophisticated, yet blooming with all the wild luxuriance of nature. The artist has added his gifts to those of the poet, and those acquainted only with his ready and original powers as the delineator of farce and drollery, or of the exceptionally tragic and horrible, will find new cause for admiration in these quiet renderings of the primeval beauties of the Amer ican wild - its plains and forests, its still lagoons and roaring cataracts, its mountain slopes and deep defiles - all its aspects of rudest workmanship - and will welcome these efforts of his genius in the lovely realm of descriptive art, wedded as they are to the exquisite Simplicity of this Indian romance. AS in his other works, here may be noted the same surpassing fertility of resource, the same alertness of intellect and readiness and swiftness of touch but there may also be found new proofs of his complete sympathy with all that is picturesque in forest beauty and his high intuitive perception of every possible phase of nature in her wildest caprice and most tender bloom.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.