Anatole France (1844 -1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament". In this book: The Amethyst Ring Translator: B. Drillien The White Stone Translator: Charles E. Roche The Revolt of the Angels Translator: Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson The Gods are Athirst Translator: Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson The Red Lily Penguin Island The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard