''Les Déracinés'' () is an 1897 novel by the French writer

Maurice Barrès Auguste-Maurice Barrès (; 19 August 1862 – 4 December 1923) was a French novelist, journalist, philosopher, and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in French literature with the release of his work ''The Cult of the S ...

. It is about a group of young men from Nancy who try to make careers in Paris, inspired by and to varying degrees disappointed by their former philosophy teacher, a man strongly devoted to the

French Third Republic The French Third Republic (, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France durin ...

. It is the first novel in Barrès' trilogy ''Le Roman de l'énergie nationale'' (). It was followed by ' (1900) and ''Leurs figures'' (1902).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deracines 1897 French novels Novels by Maurice Barrès Novels set in Nantes Novels set in Paris French bildungsromans