"John Christophe" is a book with ten volumes.
Volume 1: The protagonist John Christophe was born in a poor musician's family in a small city on the Rhine River in Germany.
Volume 2: Christophe studied music under his father's strict discipline, and his precocious musical talent attracted his grandfather's attention.
Volume 3: Christophe has experienced two failed loves. His mood is upset and his will is even more depressed. He spends all day in pubs with a bunch of irresponsible people.
Volume 4: In Paris, Christophe was caught in the dilemma of life. Finally, he finally found a job teaching piano in a car manufacturer's home.
Volume 5: He refused an actress with a vulgar voice to perform her own musical, and got himself into trouble again.
Volume 6: Because of the unsuccessful concert, he lost several jobs in teaching, and his life was once again in a dilemma.
Volume 7: Grazia, who loved John Christophe deeply, left Paris and returned to her hometown sadly because she could not help him.
Volume 8: At a concert, Christophe met Olivier, a young poet. They hit it off and lived together.
Volume 9: In Switzerland, Christophe missed his dead friend and was heartbroken. One summer evening, when he was out for a walk, he ran into Grazia, who had lost her husband, and they were immersed in the joy of reunion.
Volume 1: As the years passed, Christophe became old, Grazia died, and the life full of passion and struggle was far away.
Extended information
Creation background:
romain rolland was born in 1866 and died in 1944. His life went through the whole historical period of France's Third Republic. Although France's economy has developed in these decades, after the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune Uprising, Napoleonic elements and feudal remnants still have a good market. Coupled with the two world wars and the Dreyfus incident, the society was violently turbulent.
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