During the French Revolution, Evariste Gamelin, a young artist, is appointed magistrate by the Revolutionary Tribunal and becomes obsessed with ruthless enforcement of the ideals of the revolution, losing sight of relations with his family, friends, and mistress
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Classics, Philosophy, Politics, Literary Genres + Types of Novels
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Pages: 253
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: May 1, 2005
- Date Published: May 1, 2005
- Author: Anatole France