The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Anatole France, born François-Anatole Thibault on April 16, 1844, in Paris, France, was a prominent literary figure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for his ironic and well-crafted prose. A Nobel laureate in Literature (1921), his body of work reflects a deep humanism, infused with skepticism about human nature and a penchant for satirical critique of French society. France's ...