Volume I: 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 III: Christophe has experienced two failed loves. His mood is agitated and his will is more depressed. He stayed in the bar with a group of irresponsible people all day.
Volume IV: In Paris, Christophe was caught in the dilemma of life. Finally, he finally found a job teaching piano in the home of an automobile manufacturer.
Volume 5: He refused an actress with a vulgar voice to perform her own musical, and got himself into trouble again.
Volume 6: Because the concert was unsuccessful, he also lost several teaching jobs, and his life was once again in a dilemma.
Volume VII: Grazia, who loved John Christophe deeply, left Paris and returned to her hometown sadly because she couldn't help him.
Volume 8: At a concert, Christophe met the young poet Olivier. They hit it off and lived together ever since.
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 10: With the passage of time, Christophe is old, Grazia is dead, and the life full of passion and struggle is gone.
Extended data
Creative background:
Romain rolland was born in 1866 and died in 1944. His life experienced the whole historical period of the Third Republic of France. Although the French economy has developed in recent decades, after the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune Uprising, Napoleon elements and feudal remnants still have a good market. Coupled with the two world wars and the Dreyfus incident, the society was violently turbulent, the thoughts were chaotic, and the people's hearts were floating.
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