<b>The text of this book is not available in this moment.</b><br/><img src="/Content/books/thumbs/15426.jpg" style="margin-top:15px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:25px;float:left"><u>Jean-Christophe, Volume I</u><br><span>The central character, Jean-Christophe Krafft, is a German musician of Belgian extraction, a composer of genius whose life is depicted from cradle to grave. He undergoes great hardships and spiritual struggles, balancing his pride in his own talents with the necessity of earning a living and taking care of those around him. Tormented by injustices against his friends, forced to flee on several occasions as a result of his brushes with authority and his own conscience, he finally finds peace in a remote corner of Switzerland before returning in triumph to Paris a decade later.</span><div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />