Atala: A Love Tale, In Six Cantos Of Verse is a novel written by French author Francois Auguste Rene Chateaubriand, first published in 1801. The story follows the tragic love affair between a young Native American woman named Atala and a French soldier named Chactas. Set in the wilderness of North America, the novel explores themes of love, religion, and cultural conflict.Atala is a devout Christian who has taken a vow of chastity, but she falls in...