Danton: Hot or Not?

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

Hi there! I've been encouraged to post here, because I believe I've got something that may be of interest to some of you.

For my birthday this year, a friend of mine dug up a copy of the Oeuvres de Camille Desmoulins. It's absolutely amazing. And since it isn't the easiest book in the world to get, I'm going to be typing it out and posting it for other people to read. This may take a while, but I mean to update at least every few days. If you're interested, it'll be at cordelier. The first four sections of La France libre are already there.

It is entirely in French, so I apologise to anyone not fluent, but I can do very bad translating on a very small scale if asked. Discussion of any sort is of course very welcome. :D

I hope this is of some interest!

-Claire

Comments

[tearosefury.livejournal.com]

That will be awesome!, thanks so much!

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

It's so great that people think so. ^_^ You're welcome.

[jedith.livejournal.com]

Dear Claire,

Thank you so much for your intentions!
"Oeuvres de Camille Desmoulins", I hardly believe my eyes. This book is definitely NOT easy to get nowadays! :)

"I'm going to be typing it out and posting it for other people to read".
Do, please, it will be so nice of you!

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

My friend found it in a junk shop in Paris. I'm almost more amazed that she could bring herself to part with it. ^^

I'm glad you're interested! :D :D :D

;)

[jedith.livejournal.com]

"..in a junk shop in Paris.." Desmoulins. In a junk shop... Oh, my. *nearly fainted* :) God luck with the great work! I'm looking forward.

Re: ;)

[jedith.livejournal.com]

Hm-m...
"God luck" - not a bad mistake... Not bad at all! :D :D

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank yee! :D

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

:D No problem! Thank you for sending me over here. ^_^

[bettylabamba.livejournal.com]

Awesomeness! You're awesome! I'm so gonna learn French now!

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D I'm glad there's interest!

[citoyenne.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of the book, but it sure sounds interesting. Typing it all out in a journal, wow, that's something I would describe as unbelievable kind and absolutely not a task one should shoulder if one has a patience as bad as mine ;)

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

It's a collection of Camille Desmoulins' writings and letters. It's beyond interesting, but then, I'm obsessed. >_> (I have less patience and more time on my hands, though.)

[jesta-ariadne.livejournal.com]

!!! I have never even seen a real live (...as it were...) copy...! (But how I've longed to XD) Shiny shiny shinyyy.

........Must. Learn. French. Properly.

*points also to vieux_cordelier, in which I've been extremely lazy and only typed the first number but.. yeh.*

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

I've had the great fortune to see two. It is so shiny. (The other copy has a fold-out with examples of all their handwriting. fdlskajdfs.)

Ah! I've seen that around. *goes*

Hey. *pokes* You're DF.

[jesta-ariadne.livejournal.com]

Oooh, handwriting! Makes it all so even-more-real... though possibly also even-more-hard-to-read I suppose, hee.

*pok'd!* I am DF. It's just that I am incredibly lazy busy lazy and absent three quarters of the time ^^;

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

Well, the handwritten bits are excerpts from letters reproduced in the rest of the book, so you have the comparison. It's just all sorts of shiny. ^_^

:D I thought so. We've met, then, sort of. Through puppets, sort of. Though mine technically wasn't supposed to be there. ^^; So, hi!

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Oh! Thank you very much! It's highly appreaciated!

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I have a complusion to share this sort of thing; I might as well share with people who'll be interested instead of annoyed. ^^

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Haha! Do I know *that* particular feeling. My familly is QUITE annoyed with me in that departemnt ^^

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

XDD Incessant rambling gets to some people, I can't think why.

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

XD! Me neither! It doesn't seem to bother me!

[jonahmama.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is incredible! Thank you! I have been looking for a copy myself for some time. Very much looking forward to reading as much as possible.