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Paul Raucy et al., « Le commencement de la fin. Étude de l'introduction à la quatrième partie des Mémoires d'outre-tombe », Littérature, ID : 10.3406/litt.2000.1684
The Beginning of the End: The Introduction to the Fourth Part of "Mémoires d'outre-tombe". The post- 1830 opening to the fourth part of the Memoirs is the expression of the limbo in which the author is now located: writing still goes on, yet how can the personal Story continue if it has ceased to be part of History?