Victorian Amethyst Ring
In fact, it is not an independent work. The wicker mannequin is the second volume of the four that comprise the Contemporary History (L'Histoire contemporaine). The others are: The Elm walk (L'Orme du mail), amethyst ring (L'Anneau d'Amethyst) and Mr. Bergeret in Paris (Monsieur Bergeret à Paris). This is a work caustic, sharp, methodical. There is prepared-sometimes covertly, sometimes not-so accurate and relentless criticism of his time. Anatole France is one of those authors that modernity has devoted the space it deserves. Your readers, of course, abound, but not the number one might imagine. The issue is somewhat disconcerting, since an author who was banned, even forbidden by the church in black Prohibitorum Librorum Index, today should be a source of endless inspiration and delight. We clarify that the Index Librorum Prohibitorum was a kind of blacklist Vatican, which were displayed all the books banned by the Catholic Church. Within this list were left all the works of Anatole France. .
