Why is the French Revolution the setting in so many classic stories?
it's the beethoven of political events, the end of european nobility that roughly coincided with the end of the common practice period. the bourgeoisie is obsessed with the french revolution for the same reason ed gein tried to make a woman suit: to murder the one you hate is to be reborn as them
It's tragic, fascinating and one of the most important event in the history of the world. Also your pic is from the second French Revolution.
>>25202449The French Revolution was very nice to the nobility, which hated the king and constantly opposed him in parlement. They came down most viciously on the clergy and monastics which the liberal aristocracy also hated. The true revolution of the bourgeoisie against the aristocracy was in the figure of Napoleon and in the Industrial Revolution
>>25202436Because the late 18th century was the peak of western culture.
>>25202436name three.
>>25202804Les MiserablesA Tale of Two CitiesScaramouche Was this supposed to be hard?
>>25202804That Night in Varennes (it is more famous as a movie but was a novel first)
>>25202849Les Misérables?
>>25202849There were multiple French Revolutions anon. At least 3, arguably 4. The Miserables isn't about the first one.
Rose of Versailles count?
>>25202849>Was this supposed to be hard?Too hard for you, apparently. Les Miserables is about the June Rebellion. 40 years after the Revolution.
