Savrola

Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania is the title of an adventure novel by Winston Churchill in 1900.

The novel is the only literary magazine in literary works of the later British Prime Minister and Nobel laureate, which otherwise consists mainly historical and biographical works.

The novel was first 1899/1900 published as a serial in Macmillan 's Magazine, before he came in 1900 in a collected form as a book on the market.

Action

Churchill's novel is set in the fictional state Laurania, a republic that is unmistakably modeled after the English home of the author.

Following a coup d' etats tears at the beginning of the plot of the usurper Antonio Molara ( anagram of amoral = amoral, immoral ) the power of the state itself and built an autocratic dictatorship, which he presides as "president".

As Molaras opponent occurs soon the young tribune Savrola ( anagram of a salvor = a savior ) to the plan. The versatile Savrola, as eloquent as active, as brave as intellectually potent, finally swings on the leader of the resistance movement, which seeks to break the rule of dictators.

After a series of complications, the masses flock to Savrola and instigate an uprising. In order to eliminate his opponents and to stifle the uprising in the bud, Molara continues his beautiful wife, Lucille, of the rebel leader. Lucille is their job - to finally and reflected on his side - Savrolas reputation and influence to undermine the people. Both fall in love and working together against Molara. This comes last in the final of the revolutionary struggles - as this up in his palace into surge - lost their lives. The two lovers are united, however, happy with each other. The Republic of returns in a time of peace and prosperity.

Reception

The contemporary reviews of the work fell mostly from benevolent. Several critics drew parallels between the young politician Churchill because of the book - who was then tried to a parliamentary seat - and Benjamin Disraeli, the great British Prime Minister of the 19th century, who also started his political career with a literary success.

Churchill himself was the work later rather embarrassing, so he would rather know it forgotten, and his friends repeatedly recommended to waive the reading.

The book provided for the young Churchill especially financially represents a positive surprise It brought him - for the time - enormous sum of seven hundred pounds a.

Historians and biographers have often tried the opinions, beliefs, and values ​​that represents or embodies, autobiographical to " decipher ", so as to obtain conclusions about the thoughts of the young Churchill's Churchill's title character Savrola. Sometimes they even went so far to glean from the work the basics of Churchill's view of the world, where he was a life long remained faithful in all his thoughts and actions. For example, Dietrich Aigner.

The Frenchman André Collot made ​​some woodcuts in depicting scenes of action, and appeared in the strictly limited edition French edition of the book.

Comments

Expenditure

English editions:

  • Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania, Longmans, London, 1900.
  • Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania, London 1957.
  • Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania, Cooper, London 1990.
  • Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. A Definitive New Edition, 2004. ( With an introduction by Patrick Powers and a foreword by James W. Muller )

German editions:

  • Savrola. The revolution in Laurania, Hallewag, Bern 1948.
  • Romance
  • Literature ( English )
  • Literature ( 20th century)
  • Winston Churchill
  • Literary work
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