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Les Illuminés

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Les Illuminés, ou Les Précurseurs du Socialisme[a] is a collection of narratives or essays by the French poet and author Gérard de Nerval published in 1852. In 2022, a complete translation by Peter Valente was published by Wakefield Press under the title The Illuminated, or The Precursors of Socialism: Tales and Portraits.[1]

The book consists of six narratives relating the adventures and mishaps of historical figures whose lives reflected different aspects of Nerval’s own experiences. It is a male counterpart to his Les Filles du feu. The concerns of socialism in the eighteenth century and the French Revolution underline most of the narratives.

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  1. ^ Also sometimes subtitled as Récits et Portraits

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  1. ^ "The Illuminated, or The Precursors of Socialism: Tales and Portraits". Wakefield Press. Retrieved 2024-02-08.