She took the liberty of inquiring whether it was long since Anatole had left Paris and how he had liked that city.
In the second volume of La Vie litteraire Anatole France contests the theory of Sainte-Beuve.
An interesting reconstruction is given by Anatole France in Sur la Pierre blanche.
Anatole France delivered an impassioned oration at the grave.
As an historical figure, it is impossible to dogmatize concerning the personality of Joan of Arc. The modern clerical view has to some extent provoked what appears, in Anatole France's learned account, ably presented as it is, to be a retaliation, in regarding her as a clerical tool in her own day.
